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JANUARY <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />
Former Deputy PM<br />
Jim Anderton passes away<br />
Venkat Raman<br />
venkat@indiannewslink.co.nz<br />
Former Deputy Prime<br />
Minister and Founder<br />
of Alliance and<br />
Progressive parties<br />
passed away overnight at<br />
the Cashmere View Hospital<br />
in Christchurch, his wife<br />
Carole said in a statement.<br />
Mr Anderton was 79<br />
years old, just two weeks<br />
short of turning 80.<br />
Last year, he was appointed<br />
‘Companion of the New<br />
Zealand Order of Merit’<br />
on the Queen’s Birthday<br />
Honours List. Governor<br />
General Dame Patsy Reddy<br />
decorated him with the<br />
insignia in September at<br />
the ‘Nazareth House,’ a Rest<br />
Home where he was living.<br />
He was on a wheel chair<br />
and appeared frail.<br />
Long Public Service<br />
Mr Anderton led a public<br />
life of five decades during<br />
which he served the local<br />
government (at the then<br />
Manukau City Council) and<br />
the central government.<br />
He played a major role in<br />
the selection of candidates<br />
to contest in elections.<br />
Many of them later became<br />
ministers. He was also an<br />
Jim Anderton (File Photo)<br />
innovative fundraiser.<br />
He is credited with a<br />
number of initiatives<br />
including the Kiwibank,<br />
which has today emerged as<br />
a progressive commercial<br />
bank of New Zealand.<br />
Mr Anderton was also<br />
a major force within the<br />
Labour Party, of which he<br />
was once the President and<br />
later formed a minority<br />
coalition government with<br />
his Progressive Party.<br />
Many of integrity<br />
Prime Minister Jacinda<br />
Ardern said that New<br />
Zealand has lost a man<br />
of integrity, compassion<br />
and dedication to public<br />
service.<br />
“Jim Anderton devoted<br />
much of his adult life<br />
to public service and to<br />
the ideals of the Labour<br />
Movement. He was a<br />
leader in Ministerial work,<br />
particularly in the Regional<br />
Development and Primary<br />
Industries portfolios,” she<br />
said.<br />
Ms Ardern said that<br />
his work to establish the<br />
Alliance and Progressive<br />
Parties was both difficult<br />
and trailblazing.<br />
“He never gave up on<br />
the values of the Labour<br />
Movement and worked<br />
tirelessly to bring it back<br />
together through the years<br />
of the Fifth Labour-led<br />
Government. He was a<br />
loyal servant of the people<br />
of Sydenham and Wigram,<br />
serving as a Member of<br />
Parliament from 1984 to<br />
2011. He loved the people<br />
of Christchurch and his<br />
commitment continued<br />
beyond central government<br />
politics, including in recent<br />
years as Chair of the<br />
Stadium Trust and working<br />
to save the Christchurch<br />
Cathedral,” she said.<br />
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