OIA Request - CLOUD Act Risk Assessments
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From: Hiria Te Rangi
Dear Ministry of Transport,
Under the OIA, I request the unclassified portions of the after-action report from Exercise Tangaroa (2023 Pacific undersea cable failure simulation), including:
1. Which government agencies participated.
2. Which critical systems (e.g., health, benefits, tax) were simulated to fail during prolonged offshore data inaccessibility.
3. Any documented rationale for not mandating local data backups for these systems.
If sections are withheld, please cite the specific OIA exemption and release a redacted version per S16(1). Given recent cable cuts in Tonga and the Pacific, this information is of urgent public interest
Thank you,
Hiria Te Rangi
From: OIA
Ministry of Transport
Kia ora Hiria,
On behalf of the Ministry of Transport, I acknowledge your Official
Information Act request of 1 April 2025 seeking:
“unclassified portions of the after-action report from Exercise Tangaroa
(2023 Pacific undersea cable failure simulation), including:
1. Which government agencies participated.
2. Which critical systems (e.g., health, benefits, tax) were simulated to
fail during prolonged offshore data inaccessibility.
3. Any documented rationale for not mandating local data backups for these
systems.”
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and in
any event no later than 2 May 2025 being 20 working days after the day
your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by
then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
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when there may be wider interest in the information released. This means
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it.
Ngâ mihi nui,
Harry (He / Him)
Kaitohutohu - Ratonga Minita |OIA Adviser - Ministerial and Executive
Services
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From: OIA
Ministry of Transport
Dear Hiria
Please find attached our response to your Official Information Act request
of 1 April 2025.
Kind regards,
Ministerial and Executive Services
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