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FILE - ACT Party leader David Seymour stands during the first debate on the Treaty Principles Bill in Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay, File)

FILE - ACT Party leader David Seymour stands during the first debate on the Treaty Principles Bill in Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay, File)

Protesters opposing to a proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty between the British Crown and Māori chiefs gather outside Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte McLay-Graham)

Protesters opposing to a proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty between the British Crown and Māori chiefs gather outside Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte McLay-Graham)

Indigenous Māori people gather at a park before marching to Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)

Indigenous Māori people gather at a park before marching to Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)

Te Haukūnui Hokianga, 8 years old, blows into a sea shell ahead of a march by indigenous Māori to Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)

Te Haukūnui Hokianga, 8 years old, blows into a sea shell ahead of a march by indigenous Māori to Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)

Indigenous Māori march through the central business district to Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)

Indigenous Māori march through the central business district to Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)

Indigenous Māori gather outside Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)

Indigenous Māori gather outside Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)

Thousands of people gather outside New Zealand's parliament to protest a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown, in Wellington Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte McLay-Graham)

Thousands of people gather outside New Zealand's parliament to protest a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown, in Wellington Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte McLay-Graham)

Thousands of people gather outside New Zealand's parliament to protest a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown, in Wellington Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte McLay-Graham)

Thousands of people gather outside New Zealand's parliament to protest a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown, in Wellington Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte McLay-Graham)

Indigenous Māori protester, Jordan Tibble, waves a sovereignty flag as he prepares to march to Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)

Indigenous Māori protester, Jordan Tibble, waves a sovereignty flag as he prepares to march to Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)

Thousands of people march to New Zealand's parliament to protest a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown, in Wellington Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte McLay-Graham)

Thousands of people march to New Zealand's parliament to protest a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown, in Wellington Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte McLay-Graham)

Indigenous Māori carry a sovereignty flag as they prepare to march to Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)

Indigenous Māori carry a sovereignty flag as they prepare to march to Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)