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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 15]
Hodgson: Energy Research Institute Symposium
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 5:30 pm | Alastair Thompson
New Zealand has an enormous challenge ahead of us to make our transport system sustainable. More >>
Multimedia: PM's Press Conference 14 April 2008
Monday, 14 April 2008, 7:11 pm | Alastair Thompson
Today's cabinet readout was brief owing to budget secrecy, this was followed by a Q&A concentrating around the revelations in this morning's NZ Herald regarding discussion at the Labour Party Congress of the distribution of Government PR material by party ... More >>
SCOOP.CO.NZ: Introducing the Scoop Review of Books
Tuesday, 8 April 2008, 12:22 am | Alastair Thompson
Scoop is delighted and very proud today to launch The Scoop Review of Books edited by Jeremy Rose. More >>
Video: Rainbow Warrior Climate Change Debate 2/4/2
Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 9:32 pm | Alastair Thompson
Video on Demand of today's Climate Change Debate aboard Greenpeace MV Rainbow Warrior. Chaired by RNZ Morning Report presenter Sean Plunket and featuring Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons, Maori Party MP Hone Harawira, National's Nick Smith and Labour's ... More >>
Multimedia: PM's Post Cabinet Presser 31 Mar. 2008
Monday, 31 March 2008, 6:40 pm | Alastair Thompson
The cabinet readout was followed by Q&A concentrated around the imminent signing of a Free Trade Agreement with China on April 7 in Beijing. Also covered was the Zimbabwe election and the explosion of a bomb in Afghanistan near NZ's troop deployment. More >>
TVNZ7's Kingmaker Minor Leaders Debate In 7 Parts
Sunday, 30 March 2008, 4:15 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Photos + Video : TVNZ7's Kingmaker Minor Leaders Debate In Seven Parts - 30 March 2008 Staring: Jeanette Fitzsimons, Pita Sharples, Peter Dunne, Rodney Hide, Jim Anderton & An Empty Chair Representing Winston Peters Video & Images ... More >>
Multimedia: PM's Post Cabinet Presser 25 Mar. 2008
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 6:31 pm | Alastair Thompson
Today's cabinet readout was followed by Q&A on protest violence in Tibet and NZ's Free Trade Agreement negotiations with China, and NZ's attendance at NATO discussions on the war in Afghanistan. More >>
Multimedia: PM's Post Cabinet Presser 17 Mar. 2008
Monday, 17 March 2008, 5:00 pm | Alastair Thompson
Today's cabinet readout was followed by Q&A on a wide ranging variety of subjects including protest violence in Tibet and NZ's Free Trade Agreement negotiations with China and Air New Zealand's wage rates to Chinese employees. More >>
US Primary Election: Clinton Wins Ohio, Texas Tied
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 4:59 pm | Alastair Thompson
The TV networks have just called the primary election in Ohio to Senator Hillary Clinton. More >>
Sludge Report #182: Bigger Than Watergate III
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 7:08 am | C.D. Sludge
Usually when covering elections its important to wait till the votes are counted before you write your election analysis. However when it comes to US elections in the 21st century this rubric no longer applies. More >>
Audio: IV With Cuban Amb. José Luis Robaina Garcia
Friday, 29 February 2008, 3:23 pm | Alastair Thompson
HE Mr José Luis Robaina Garcia arrived in New Zealand with little fanfair on Halloween last year and was officially credentialed by the Governor General in early November . Since then he has been busy establishing a little piece of Cuba in Embassy Row ... More >>
Multimedia: PM's Post Cabinet Presser 25 February
Monday, 25 February 2008, 5:41 pm | Alastair Thompson
A lengthy cabinet readout was followed by Q&A on the recent rather poor poll performance the leadership prospects of Phil Goff , this weeks bilaterals with Australian PM Kevin Rudd and the imminent FTA with China. More >>
Activists Sense Victory For Cluster Bomb Ban
Friday, 22 February 2008, 8:50 am | Alastair Thompson
A week long Cluster Munitions multilateral diplomatic conference is coming to a close in at the Wellington Town Hall today with what NGO activists describe as a "strong text" remaining entirely intact. More >>
Newsflash: Hijacker Arrested In Christchurch
Friday, 8 February 2008, 9:04 am | Alastair Thompson
Christchurch Airport is closed to all traffic with the threat of a bomb aboard a plane which has landed from Blenheim. There is chaos around the airport with traffic backed up in all directions. More >>
Video: PM's Post Cabinet Presser 17 December 2007
Monday, 17 December 2007, 6:46 pm | Alastair Thompson
The cabinet readout was followed by Q&A on the Eden Park World Cup 2011 re-development decisions, the Government's pasting in recent polls and the Electoral Finance Bill which is scheduled to have its 3rd reading in the Parliament tomorrow. More >>
Multimedia: Reserve Bank MPS December 6 2007
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 11:27 am | Alastair Thompson
R2.co.nz Video on Demand of the Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard's press conference this morning held to release the quarterly Monetary Policy Statement. Interest rates have been held at 8.25% but the Governor delivered some fairly hawkish remarks indicating ... More >>
Sludge Report #181 - Terror Comes To Godzone (2)
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 5:40 pm | C.D. Sludge
In This Edition Of The Sludge Report: The Day Terror Came To Godzone Again (This Time Cloaked In Irony) Dominion Post Breaks Rules & Records Solicitor General Dr David Collins Must Now Recuse Himself "Oh So That's What Happened In The Urewera" More >>
Scoop Video: Madeleine Setchell Inquiry Presser
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 10:48 am | Alastair Thompson
Video on Demand of the two press conferences held this morning at the State Services Commission to announce the results of the Don Hunn report into the Madeleine Setchell Sacking Affair. More >>
Scoop Video: PM's Press. Conf. November 12 2007
Monday, 12 November 2007, 4:59 pm | Alastair Thompson
The cabinet readout was followed by numerous questions about the so-called "Terror" operation of the New Zealand police that ended last week with an announcement from the Solicitor General that leave would not be given for "terror" charges to proceed ... More >>
Urewera 17: Final Four "Terror" Accused Bailed
Monday, 12 November 2007, 3:04 pm | Alastair Thompson
The final four "Terror" accused arrested on October 15th were bailed in Auckland District Court this morning. Police did not oppose bail as they haven't with any of the accused since the decision of the Solicitor General last Thursday not to grant ... More >>
