Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Monday, 7 November 2005, 5:31 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS:
Scoop News: Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald Dies Suddenly
Will TVNZ Downsize Other Staff To Pay For Salary Botch?
Tributes Flow In For Rod Donald:
Army To Hold Biggest Exercise In Years
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
John Pagani Writes On The Paris Riots
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Jason Leopold: Cheney Lies While Soldiers Die
Simon Upton's Upton-Online Diaspora Edition
Ex-Pat Kiwi Kirk MacGibbon Writes From NY
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics):
POLITICAL NEWSLETTERS:
English Objects to NCEA Tinkering
Survey Supports Transmission Gulley
Prisoners to be Charged
Usher of the Black Rod Spared
MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES:
POLITICAL COLUMNS:

Scoop News: Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald Dies Suddenly

Green Party co-leader Rod Donald died last night at around midnight at his home in St Martins, Christchurch. Mr Donald had last week been ill with a chest infection, but it is understood that a heart attack caused his death. Mr Donald was well known for his honesty and honourable nature – a man true to his principles and was seen by many as this new Parliament's man of human and community ideals. Mr Donald is survived by his partner Nicola and daughters, Holly, Emma, and Zoe. Image by Scoop's Kevin List pictures Rod Donald with his youth Parliament representative, Rachel Meadowcroft. See... Green Party co-leader Rod Donald Dies Suddenly [1] & a tribute from Scoop's Rosalea Barker - Farewell to Rod Donald from the San Francisco Bay [2] REACTION:

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Will TVNZ Downsize Other Staff To Pay For Salary Botch?

- Susan Wood welcomes the determination brought down this afternoon by the Employment Relations Authority on her dispute with TVNZ. "The judgment speaks for itself. See... Press Release from Susan Wood – 7 November 2005 [1] Authority Rules In Favour Of Susan Wood [2] - A. The Authority declares that Susan Marie Wood is entitled to treat the fixed-term provision of her employment agreement with TVNZ as ineffective. B. The Authority declares that Susan Marie Wood’s entitlement to a present salary of $450,000.00 will expire on 31 December 2005. TVNZ is not permitted to impose a new salary as from 1 January 2006 without Susan Marie Wood’s consent. See... Susan Wood vs TVNZ Ltd – DETERMINATION OF ERA [3]

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Tributes Flow In For Rod Donald:

CTU President Says Rod Donald Was A Tireless Advocate [1] - “New Zealand has lost a passionate and tireless advocate for sustainable development and social justice” CTU president Ross Wilson said today. “Rod was a key influence in bringing the Green Party and the union movement closer together and we have worked very closely on many issues over the past four years” Ross Wilson said. See… Rod Donald: passionate and tireless advocate [2]

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Army To Hold Biggest Exercise In Years

- The largest New Zealand Army exercise to be held for some years begins later this week. Exercise Silver Warrior will see 800 personnel and over 250 military vehicles taking part in a number of different training situations across the lower central North Island. The Taranaki, Wanganui and Manawatu regions will see the best the New Zealand Army has to offer, including 51 NZLAVs, the new Pinzgauer Light Operational Vehicle and elements from all areas of the Army. The exercise will run for two weeks. See... Army on Exercise in Lower Central North Island [1]

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John Pagani Writes On The Paris Riots

- I'm a long way from the riots to date, bolted behind layers of security as Paris apartment dwellers are. And though I rented a car for this weekend, I don't have one parked on the street to be burned by the hordes. Last night, police say thirteen hundred cars were set alight. There was a feeling Saturday night would erupt into the worst night yet. There were battalions of police, hundreds have been arrested and yet the suburbs still burned and the riots spread, to the South of the city, to the centre and to other centres - Toulouse, Strasbourg, Nannies, Normandy. Cars, schools, businesses, shops are being attacked with molotov cocktails. See... John Pagani: A Kiwi Impression Of Paris Burning [1]

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Jason Leopold: Cheney Lies While Soldiers Die

- Months after Plame’s identity was disclosed by conservative columnist Robert Novak, Cheney continued to hide the fact that he and his aides were intimately involved in disseminating classified information about her to journalists. See... VP Lied As White House Sought To Defuse Leak Inq. [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00120.htm

Simon Upton's Upton-Online Diaspora Edition

- In This Issue: A told-you-so commentary on the joyless world of MMP from former FPP supporter, Simon Upton; distinguished diasporan lawyer, Jeremy Waldron, boldly suggests that academics can disagree without being rednecks; upton-on-line apologises to Dr Elizabeth Rata for having been thoughtless enough to have damaged her reputation by commenting on her writing; Bill English paddles his own waka into the academic piranha pond; and Vaclav Smil says told-you-so in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. See... The Absolutely Foreseeable Consequences Of MMP [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00117.htm

Ex-Pat Kiwi Kirk MacGibbon Writes From NY

- The election for Mayor of New York City has not set the world on fire. But the unmistakable smell of burning cash has been wafting over the city as the incumbent, billionaire Michael Bloomberg spares nothing in his bid to win a second term in a totally one-sided election campaign. He’s spent US$63 million so far, which is expected to reach US$100 million by election day (Nov 8), the same as he spent the first time around – so much for the power of incumbency. See... NY Politics: In America Goliath Always Beats David [1]

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POLITICAL NEWSLETTERS:

Transtasman Political Letter – 3 Nov. Digest [1] Molesworth & Featherston (Weekend) – 5 November 20 [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00074.htm
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English Objects to NCEA Tinkering

[3] - National Party Education spokesman Bill English says the NZQA has backed down on standards and changed the way NCEA exam papers will be marked to avoid another year of bad publicity. See... NZQA does quick paint job on NCEA [4] Also:

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Survey Supports Transmission Gulley

- Ohariu-Belmont MP, Peter Dunne, today applauded the results of a UMR Research poll which shows seventy percent of all people living in Wellington, the Hutt Valley and Porirua City support the building of the Transmission Gully Motorway. See... Dunne welcomes the voice of the people - again [1] Also:

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Prisoners to be Charged

- Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor has welcomed the decision by Upper Hutt Police to lay assault charges against seven prisoners accused of assaulting corrections officers. See... Violence will not be tolerated [1] ALSO:

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Usher of the Black Rod Spared

- Colonel William (Bill) Nathan, OBE, ED, has retired from the position of the Usher of the Black Rod. Colonel Nathan of Te Atiawa-Pipitea, Ngati Kahungunu and Ngai Tahu was appointed to the position in 1993, and has served as Black Rod and an Honorary ... See... GG thanks retiring Usher of the Black Rod [1]

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