This lively and compelling story of Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery begins before Henry Sarjeant had even dreamed of a ‘ fine art gallery’ for the burgeoning small town of Whanganui.It reveals the Sarjeant Gallery’ s early years and its development as a collecting and exhibiting institution that is now recognised as one of New Zealand’ s finest.Generously illustrated with many works from the Sarjeant’ s rich, varied and important collection, this book places the gallery at the heart of the story of Whanganui and marks its triumphal reopening in 2024.