All of Government Cloud Sourcing Strategy

Status: ✅ Approved    Version: 1.0

Field	Value
ID	GUARD-CLOUD-002
Category	Cloud
Subcategory	procurement and vendor management
Type	policy
Owner	Chief Digital Officer / Digital Government Team
Approved by	—
Approved date	—
Review due	—

Description

New Zealand government strategy for procuring secure and resilient cloud services across agencies. Establishes a consolidated Marketplace channel for IaaS and cloud services, introduces security tiering, supports multi-cloud and hybrid approaches, and incorporates Māori data sovereignty and Te Tiriti considerations into cloud procurement.

Source document

All of Government Cloud Sourcing Strategy | NZ Digital government

Last fetched: 2026-04-02

Related guardrails

• GUARD-CLOUD-001 — Cloud First Policy – NZ Government
• GUARD-GOV-008 — Government Procurement Rules 5th Edition 2025
• GUARD-SEC-001 — New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) v3.9

Change history

Version	Date	Author	Summary
1.0	2026-04-02	auto-generated	Initial guardrail created from external source. Defines NZ government cloud procurement strategy with focus on marketplace consolidation, security tiering, multi-cloud approach, and data sovereignty principles.