there was no legal obligation on either party to follow through with the accommodation proposal. By January 2014, the archive was in discussions with the Department of Internal Affairs and the University of Canterbury over a possible combined site at Ilam. This would house the former RNZ Sound Archives, be the South Island headquarters for Archives NZ and the location for the University Library archives. In November 2014, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision reported that the Department of Internal Affairs could find it difficult to meet the archive's preferred timetable to accommodate the long term needs of its sound archiving operations by 2016. The archive said it would continue discussions with the Department but it would also re-enter conversations with RNZ over its accommodation in Christchurch. Wigram (2015/16) On 23 January 2015 an agreement was signed between Archives New Zealand and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision in relation to co-locating the two archives in a proposed new specialised facility at Wigram, Christchurch. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision said that it would bring the archive alongside other Christchurch heritage agencies and would "provide an enhanced public access service to the region". Archives NZ is a part of the Department of Internal Affairs. The Department led the co-location project, with the primary aim to build a new facility for Archives NZ in Christchurch after the 2011 earthquake damaged their Peterborough Street building and surrounding land. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision would tenant 300 square metres of storage space, and have sound-proof preservation studios, office spaces and a front-of-house area. Budget 2015 confirmed $6.1 million in operating funding (over 4 years) and $13 million of capital funding from the Future Investment Fund to build the new facility. Construction was scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2016. Internal Affairs Minister Peter Dunne said "The Archives project is good news for the people of Christchurch and a clear signal of the Government's intent to keep the Christchurch rebuild on-track". The location of the new facility at Wigram followed Archives NZ negotiations with the New Zealand Defence Force. The two parties saw mutual benefit in having Archives NZ situated in close proximity to the Air Force Museum, as Archives NZ is the main primary research source for people researching New Zealand's military history. Negotiations between Archives NZ and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision were sometimes tense, with an Archives NZ contractor noting in an