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Alastair Thompson
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
Alastair Thompson - Latest News [Page 11]
Multimedia: NZ, USA Sign "Wellington Declaration"
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 6:21 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Audio + Photos + Video : Prime Minister's John Key Press Conference with US Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton - Thursday, 3 November 2010 ... also audio of standup with Labour Party Leader Phil Goff following his meeting with Mrs Clinton More >>
Images: Welcome To New Zealand Secretary Clinton
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 8:12 am | Alastair Thompson
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in New Zealand early this on her first visit to the country. She is in Wellington today to sign the "Wellington Declaration" which is expected to herald closer relations between the United States ... More >>
US Votes: Leaked Exit Polls Democrats Keep Senate
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 11:37 am | Alastair Thompson
In leaked exit poll results published by Huffington Post moments ago for key Senate races Democrats are showing themselves in a strong position to rremain in control of the US Senate in the 2010 Midterm elections. More >>
Scoop Audio: Kiwi Gaza Convoy To Reach Egypt
Thursday, 14 October 2010, 12:37 pm | Alastair Thompson
Alastair Thompson interviews Julie-Webb Pullman via Skype from Syria about the Viva Palestina Convoy's preparations for departure from Syria bound for Egypt and then Gaza. Also discussed are media arrangements for the voyage, and the reception of ... More >>
NEWSFLASH: Cliffhanger in Wellington Mayoral Race
Saturday, 9 October 2010, 6:07 pm | Alastair Thompson
Provisional election results just announced in the Wellington Mayoral race show incumbent Kerry Prendergast only 40 votes ahead of her nearest rival Celia Wade Brown. More >>
The Good Oil - News Exposure You Can't Buy
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 4:40 pm | Alastair Thompson
The lifeblood of business strategy is information - both projecting it - telling people what you are doing and what opportunities there are to work with you - and receiving it - getting the news fast about what your competitors and industry leaders are up to. More >>
Newsflash: NZ Draw With Italy In World Cup
Monday, 21 June 2010, 4:20 am | Alastair Thompson
The unthinkable happened this morning with NZ, ranked 78 in the world, holding world champions Italy, ranked 5th, to a draw in group play at the World Cup in South Africa. More >>
NEWSFLASH: NZ Draws World Cup Match In 93rd Minute
Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 1:30 am | Alastair Thompson
NEWSFLASH: New Zealand has drawn its first match in the World Cup vs Slovakia with one goal a piece. NZ back Winston Reid scored the crucial goal in the dying seconds of the game and fans all over New Zealand fell off their seats. More >>
Scoop Birthday! Now We Are Eleven
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 12:03 pm | Alastair Thompson
Another year older and another year wiser. Scoop is delighted to have reached the beginning of its 12th year of operations today. Our first ever post to the live website was made in the evening of Thursday 10 June 1999. More >>
Audio + Images: Budget Lockup Press Conference
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 5:22 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Audio (51 Minutes): Finance Minister Bill English 's presentation to the media and analysts in the Budget lockup - Midday 20 May 2010. Download the minister's budget lockup powerpoint presentation. More >>
Sludge Report #192: The Naked Budget
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 3:50 pm | C.D. Sludge
Finance Minister Bill English's second budget is an exercise in minimalism in everything but tax. And in that respect the changes announced today have been so well flagged that there is little news today besides the sweeping income tax cuts which will take ... More >>
Budget 2010 Test Post
Friday, 7 May 2010, 3:49 pm | Alastair Thompson
Please ignore this post if you receive it. We are testing the addition of this list to the Scoop Newsagent system. More >>
Audio: Law Commission Press Conf. - Liquor Report
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 4:05 pm | Alastair Thompson
Audio on Demand of former NZ Prime Minister and Law Commission President Sire Geoffrey Palmer's press conference held today to announce the release of its report on a review of NZ liquor policy. More >>
Icelandic Eruption Slows Again 20/4/10 GMT - Satellite Image
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 11:02 am | Alastair Thompson
Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano has quietened down again and air services have resumed in the United Kingdom today. In the above image the greatly reduced plume can be seen coming off Iceland from the top left of the image. More >>
Iceland's 2nd Volcanic Plume Heads Towards The UK - Satellite Images
Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 11:11 pm | Alastair Thompson
Hopes of a resumption of air services out of London were dashed today when Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull burst back into mega volcanic plume building business as pictured in the image above taken by NASA's MODIS satellite imaging system. More >>
Satellite Image Shows Iceland's Volcanic Plume
Friday, 16 April 2010, 5:22 pm | Alastair Thompson
Click for big version Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull-Fimmvörduháls volcano erupts - image taken at 11.35am GMT 15/4/2010 More >>
Crafar farms sold to Hong Kong dairy investor
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 2:49 pm | Alastair Thompson
Hong Kong’s Natural Dairy NZ snaps up Crafar farms March 24 (BusinessWire) – Hong Kong-based Natural Dairy NZ Holdings says it will buy the Crafar family’s farms in a $1.5 billion buy-up of land, stock and milk production plants as it ramps ... More >>
Arts Festival Review: Frisky and Mannish
Friday, 19 March 2010, 4:54 pm | Alastair Thompson
Interpreting pop lyrics in frightening new ways is at the heart of UK comedy duo Laura Corcoran and Matthew Jones' Pacific Blue Festival Club show "Frisky and Mannish - The School of Pop." More >>
Richard Dawkins - Gratitude Evolution & Vice Versa
Friday, 12 March 2010, 9:13 am | Alastair Thompson
A packed Michael Fowler Center was filled with fans of rational thought, many carrying copies of books by their hero in the battle against evolution deniers and woolly thinking. More >>
Newsflash: Pacific Wide Tsunami Warning Issued
Sunday, 28 February 2010, 1:21 am | Alastair Thompson
New Zealand is among the nations of the Pacific which is on a Tsunami watch following a massive earthquake measured at 8.8 on the richter scale in Chile near the city of Concepcion at 6.34pm NZT. More >>
