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New Zealand swears in new Deputy Prime Minister

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David Seymour, leader of the libertarian ACT New Zealand party, was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister on Saturday (May 31, 2025), taking the role from Winston Peters in a deal struck when the three-party coalition government was formed in 2023.

His party was behind last year's controversial move to enshrine a narrower interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi that it says discriminates against non-Indigenous citizens, though the bill failed in parliament.

Mr. Seymour was appointed in a ceremony at Auckland's Government House, a spokesperson told Reuters.