What a novel idea the kiwi govt should have to buy the medal from the family and not use some silly antiqities law that does not apply. the man won the medal from the govt,and was not on long term lease.you would think if it belonged to a twotime awardee that the govt would pay well for it. cheap bastards...
I'm sure that if the sale were more widely known an even higher bid could be obtained.
I'm thinking here that there are some very wealthy devotees of the bravery of the fellows in WWII who could pay a very good price, and go so far as to put it on public display as a loan to the Smithsonian for Americans to see how New Zealand honors its war heroes.