What consideration, if any, has the Minister given to statements by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau that the Penrhyn Port project builds on the Critical Minerals Framework the United States and the Cook Islands agreed to earlier this year?

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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What consideration, if any, has the Minister given to statements by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau that the Penrhyn Port project builds on the Critical Minerals Framework the United States and the Cook Islands agreed to earlier this year?

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Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

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We released the joint statement announcing the project, together with Deputy Secretary Landau and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown.