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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Todd McClay

Member for Rotorua · National Party · Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs

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I refer the Member to the Minister of Foreign Affairs response to WPQ 39600 (2026).