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What interventions, if any, will be funded under the Protecting a Resilient, Safe and Secure Offshore Diplomatic Network for New Zealand initiative funded in Budget 2026 (approximately $145.25 million of operating funding to improve information-technology security, crisis-response preparedness and responsiveness to emerging strategic issues), broken down by category of spending and by year?

Answered Question 24281 (2026)
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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • What interventions, if any, will be funded under the Protecting a Resilient, Safe and Secure Offshore Diplomatic Network for New Zealand initiative funded in Budget 2026 (approximately $145.25 million of operating funding to improve information-technology security, crisis-response preparedness and responsiveness to emerging strategic issues), broken down by category of spending and by year?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

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This main component of the Protecting a Resilient, Safe and Secure Offshore Diplomatic Network for New Zealand initiative is to maintain the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s offshore network, which will be delivered. Final decisions on the smaller components of the initiative have not yet been made.