Photo: RNZ / Robin Martin
The redeveloped Sarjeant Gallery is set to reopen in November.
Mike says it has cost around $70 million, $17.3million coming from ratepayers.
The Whanganui District Council has made the call to shut the Virginia Lake Rotokawau Aviary as part of its long term plan, but opposition is mounting.
And police have been investigating a spate of duck thefts.
Mike Tweed is a Multimedia Journalist for the Whanganui Chronicle
