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What contractual or funding mechanisms exist at Te Whatu Ora, if any, to require exterior commercial datacentre providers to meet minimum resilience and redundancy standards, and what penalties apply, if any, if those standards are not met?

Answered Question 3065 (2026)
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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What contractual or funding mechanisms exist at Te Whatu Ora, if any, to require exterior commercial datacentre providers to meet minimum resilience and redundancy standards, and what penalties apply, if any, if those standards are not met?

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

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I am advised that the majority of Health New Zealand's external data centre contracts are procured from the All-of-Government panel where the conditions of certification are managed by the Department of Internal Affairs.