the risk of damage to these collections due to a severe earthquake or other natural disaster [...] A distributed collections model with the archives held in three separate regions lowers the risk to the total collection." The Association also noted that "due to continual staffing cuts, due to rolling restructures, most repositories and archives (government, private and charitable) are facing large backlogs of historic collections awaiting processing. It would be disappointing if the effect of the Ngā Taonga review would be to compound any such backlog." Mayor of Christchurch Lianne Dalziel expressed concern to Minister Maggie Barry that the collections would be threatened by "centralised location in Wellington, which could be cut off for months" following a natural disaster. Ms Dalziel said she would be disappointed if Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision did not have a future alongside other institutions committed to supporting the city's regeneration following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Ms Dalziel also noted that Prime Minister Bill English had talked about the Government's ongoing commitment to Christchurch in his 2016 Budget Speech. The Public Service Association said that decades of institutional knowledge would be lost. PSA National Secretary Erin Polaczuk said "We understand there has been little consultation with the wider heritage sector, which is concerned about the fragility of the archive, and the expertise needed to administer it." She went on to say "This is the third round of restructuring in the four years since the Film and Sound archives merged, and the impact on staff can't be underestimated." Film researcher Dr Emma Kelly campaigned against the move saying valuable heritage material and expertise would be lost. Dr Kelly began an online petition calling for the restructure to be stopped to allow "iwi, users, viewers and other communities have a say". The petition was presented to the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Maggie Barry and Chair of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Jane Kominik. International concern The restructuring drew international concern from the Association of Moving Image Archivists who wrote to Minister Maggie Barry, opposition MP Jacinda Ardern, Chair of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Jane Kominik and Chief Executive Rebecca Elvy strongly "urging caution and broad consultation before committing to any action". The Association believed that the restructure could have "detrimental consequences for the staff and the collections they conserve", and may pose major risks to the long term stability of the collections. Cutbacks flagged