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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 12]
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 >>
Commercial fisheries value cracks $4 billion
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 4:57 pm | Alastair Thompson
New Zealand’s commercial fisheries are making a vital contribution to the economy, highlighted by today’s release of the Fish Monetary Stock account by Statistics New Zealand, which shows the value of commercial fisheries has passed $4 billion, ... More >>
Fly My Pretties Encore: Scoop Reader Discount! (Up to 30% Off!)
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 12:21 pm | Alastair Thompson
To celebrate the long standing relationship between Scoop Media and Loop Recordings Aotearoa (we first started collaborating together back in 1999), Scoop have secured a discounted section of seats exclusively for their readers for both final Fly My ... More >>
Scoop Editorial: Launching "Imagining 2020"
Friday, 13 November 2009, 4:17 pm | Alastair Thompson
A group of New Zealand websites has decided to get together and encourage discussion of the positive side to climate change mitigation. Afterall - how many of us really believe that the way the world is currently run is optimal - both for our personal ... More >>
WeeklyCoitus.co.nz - "News To Make You Feel Good"
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 3:13 pm | Alastair Thompson
In times like this, with bird flu, SARS, killer dogs and ‘Internet Hackers’, New Zealanders need a pleasurable laugh or two. The Weekly Coitus can now deliver that pleasure. More >>
Green Party Displays 350 Banner In Parliament
Wednesday, 21 October 2009, 4:50 pm | Alastair Thompson
Green Party Co-Leader Metiria Turei today displayed a banner during Parliament's question time for the 350 parts per million movement - 350.org - which seeks to get nations to commit to a target of 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. More >>
Audio: PM Press Conference - RWC, ACC and ETS
Monday, 19 October 2009, 6:06 pm | Alastair Thompson
Audio: PM Press Conference - Rugby World Cup (RWC), Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Scoop Audio + Photos : Prime Minister's Post Cabinet Press Conference - Monday, 19 October 2009 By Alastair Thompson More >>
Audio: Law Commission Press Conf. On Liquor Reform
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 3:12 pm | Alastair Thompson
Audio on Demand of a press conference held today at the offices of the Law Commission to release a report on options for reform to New Zealand's liquor laws. A three month public consultation on liquor law is beginning today. More >>
A Year Since The Death Of Scoop's Stephen Thompson
Monday, 27 July 2009, 1:19 pm | Alastair Thompson
One year ago this afternoon at 4pm Scoop co-founder, long-serving accountant and patron Stephen Mackendrick Thompson died suddenly and unexpectedly whilst enjoying an afternoon walking near Murchison in the South Island. More >>
Scoop launches Sex.scoop.co.nz - a blog about Sex
Tuesday, 21 July 2009, 4:51 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop is delighted to announce the addition of two new bloggers to the Scoop team. Scoop's latest new blog - Sex.scoop.co.nz will be compiled by Dr Michelle Mars and Blair Bishop. More >>
Large Earthquake In Southland - Felt In Wellington
Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 10:29 pm | Alastair Thompson
A large earthquake of as yet indeterminate size occurred off the coast of Southland at 9.22pm this evening. The USGS global earthquake monitoring system recorded the earthquake at 7.8 on the richter scale (in a preliminary estimate) while the NZ based ... More >>
Scoop.co.nz's Werewolf Edition 2 Is Now Available!
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 11:33 am | Alastair Thompson
On the full moon last night the team here at Scoop published Edition No. 2 of Werewolf (See... http://werewolf.co.nz/ ). More >>
Audio: PM Press Conference - Flu Pacific Foreshore
Monday, 6 July 2009, 5:41 pm | Alastair Thompson
The Prime Minister announced a decision to purchase Swine Flu vaccine at a cost of "some millions of dollars" for 142,000 front line workers including police, fire service staff, nurses and doctors. The vaccine will not be available for use till ... More >>
Scoop Audio: RBNZ MPS Presser 11 June. 09
Thursday, 11 June 2009, 11:38 am | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Audio (25 minutes): Reserve Bank Governor Dr Alan Bollard announced no change to the OCR at today's Monetary Policy Statement. Later today Dr Bollard will answer questions about bank interest rate setting in front of the Finance and Expenditure ... More >>
Sludge Report #191: Publish And Be Damned
Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 11:37 pm | C.D. Sludge
This afternoon a package of treats arrived in the Scoop offices with a selection of treats and sweets and a note wishing us 10 more years of fun and success. More >>
Audio + Images: Budget 2009 Lock-up Press Conf.
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 3:54 pm | Alastair Thompson
Images and Audio on Demand of Finance Minister Bill English's briefing and question and answers with media and analysts in the Beehive banquet hall today. 44 minutes of audio. More >>
