The Auckland Art Gallery's in suspense

It's an anxious waiting game now for the Auckland Art Gallery while the City Council decides its budget and how much money it's prepared to invest in it. This follows months of heated debate, impassioned submissions, news stories and fundraising ventures by the Gallery, which at one stage faced having to close for a day a week. It's seven years since the Gallery completed a massive renovation and extension project but Council funding for it has declined since then. Everything hinges on the Auckland City Council's decision - at a time when the council is also juggling the huge amounts of money needed for infrastructure. Gallery Director Rhana Devenport tells Lynn Freeman that right now the Auckland Art Gallery is in limbo.