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.

 

The Ministry publishes Official Information Act responses on our website
when there may be wider interest in the information released. This means
the information provided to you might be published after you have received
it.

 

Ngâ mihi nui,

 

Harry (He / Him)

Kaitohutohu - Ratonga Minita |OIA Adviser - Ministerial and Executive
Services

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Hiria Te Rangi <[FOI #30599 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2025 9:08 pm
To: OIA <[MOT request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - OIA Request - CLOUD Act Risk
Assessments

 

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

 

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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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Wellington 6011 | NEW ZEALAND | Tel: +64 4 439 9000 |

Auckland | NZ Government Auckland Policy Office |Level 7, 167B Victoria
Street West | PO Box 106238 | Auckland City | Auckland 1143 | NEW ZEALAND
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