Maritime Security: All of Government Maritime Data Fusion System

Additional info

Paragraph 30 of this paper addresses recovery of the costs of the service. Contract negotiations with the vendor have occurred since the Cabinet paper was released. At present, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) fund this contract with some support from Customs New Zealand but a baseline transfer is planned to simplify this process to ensure that NZDF has sole budget responsibility for the contract. 

The pack comprises the Cabinet paper and associated minute of decision Maritime Security: All of Government Maritime Data Fusion System [EXP-24-SUB-0028 and EXP-24-MIN-0028]

It has been necessary to withhold certain information in accordance with the following provisions of the Official Information Act 1982. Where information is withheld, the relevant sections of the Act are indicated in the body of the document. Where information has been withheld in accordance with section 9(2) of the Act, no public interest has been identified that would outweigh the reasons for withholding it. 

The business case for this project is withheld in full in accordance with the below provisions of the Act. Recognising the public interest in information on the investment decision, the Cabinet paper provides a summary of key information that formed the basis of Cabinet's decision to invest. 

Information is withheld where making it available  would be likely to prejudice the security or defence of New Zealand or the international relations of the Government of New Zealand [section 6(a)].

Information is also withheld in order to:

• protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied the information [section 9(2)(b)(ii)]
• maintain the constitutional conventions for the time being which protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials [section 9(2)(f)(iv)]
• maintain legal professional privilege [section 9(2)(h)]
• enable a Minister of the Crown or any department or organisation holding the information to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations [section 9(2)(j)].