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Will the Minister for Rail make public the Interim Development Agreements reached with Port Marlborough and CentrePort for the Cook Strait ferry replacement programme, and if not, why not?

Answered Question 30347 (2026)
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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • Will the Minister for Rail make public the Interim Development Agreements reached with Port Marlborough and CentrePort for the Cook Strait ferry replacement programme, and if not, why not?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

To the extent possible under the Official Information Act, yes. However, we will never release information that compromises the Government’s negotiating position as that would put at risk taxpayer dollars.