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High hopes for art tourism as Whanganui’s Sarjeant Gallery reopens after lengthy closure

New Zealand Listener
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On a recent visit to Whanganui, I walked the last kilometre of the city’s grand thoroughfare, Victoria Ave, before it meets the river. As I wandered, a transformation was evident. Gradually the op shops and kebab stands gave way to banks and fine dining. The buildings, most of the same century-old vintage, slowly graduated from tired and peeling to tidy and impressive.

Nowhere was the shift more pronounced than at Majestic Square, where a turn to the right leads to

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