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Work on cleaning up the roof of the former Southland Museum and Art Gallery building began in Invercargill yesterday, with Gunac Tyries Applicators worker Simon Branks waterblasting the pyramid roof.

Des Jonker of Gunac Tyries Applicators said the company had been engaged to clean and paint the roof, which was expected to take "15 fine days" to complete.

The work to wash down, prime and paint the roof was being done in order to maintain the repair and sealant work which was being carried out prior to the museum’s closure in April 2018.

The facility was closed after the Invercargill City Council (ICC) decided to remove staff from the site following a peer review into a 2013 report that suggested the building was earthquake-prone.

The cost of the roof work was estimated at $26,000.