William Handley Milbank QSO (25 October 1948 – 4 November 2023) was a New Zealand art curator and gallery director.
[3] He initially worked on the family farm before moving to Whanganui to find work as a draughtsman, starting out as a builder's labourer until he secured a position as a draughtsman for the town planning department of the then Wanganui City Council, where he remained for seven years.
[7] In that time he consolidated the relationship that saw the Sarjeant Gallery become the custodians of the Edith Collier Trust collection.
[9] He is noted for his support of contemporary Māori art, he acquired significant holdings of contemporary photography for the gallery's collection, and he oversaw a series of significant installations in the gallery's central dome area, including a 1988 installation by sculptor Andrew Drummond.
[7][13] In February 2011, having moved the gallery from its former home on Taupo Quay, he reopened it in a former Druid's Hall on Bell Street.