Prosper Northland Trust (PNT) chairman Barry Trass confirmed that should it fall short of $16.25 million by June 30, the whole project will be "dead in the water". The trust was charged with securing its required $16.25 million funding within two years, in the terms of the Whangarei District Council's historic 2015 referendum. (boosted.org.nz or directly at http://www.boosted.org.nz/projects/hac)Crucial to the HAC is the Wairau Maori Art Gallery (WMAG), with its own board to look after the Maori-specific components of the project. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Auckland Art Gallery have agreed to loan contemporary works to the gallery for four, three-month long exhibitions a year. So far, no money has come directly from Maori funding sources.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 23, 2017 15:56 UTC