Thursday, March 10, 2011

Putting the flop into flip-flop

You’ll remember that Te Papa told us all they were finally going to build a new national art gallery. Well now they’re not. Te Papa Chair, Sir Wira Gardiner told a parliamentary committee yesterday the plan was all off, "The board has made the decision that if private interests want to pursue it, they can, and if they later want to approach us to use some of the collection, that's another matter – but from a board point of view, we're getting on with our vision." Whatever that is.
You can read the Dominion Post story here