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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 25]
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 11:51 am | Alastair Thompson
Greg Palast: Has George Bush Been Caught Lying? - Fisheries: Chasing Squid Just Got A Whole Lot More Dangerous For Sea Lions - Finance: Dunne And Cullen Talk Up Investment Tax Cut - Scoop Audio: PM Chats About Iran, Housing and Plunket More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 11 April 2006, 9:17 am | Alastair Thompson
No Right Turn: New Zealand's Silence On Gitmo Investigated - Scoop Audio: PM Chats About Iran, Housing and Plunket - - Defence: Exotic Afghanistan Beckons Kiwis For A While Yet - - Housing NZ: Financial Accountability in the House! - - Scoop Column: ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Sunday, 9 April 2006, 11:29 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Column: A Green PM And TVNZ Corporatespeak SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: Media: Political Editor Snaffles Nine Till Noon Slot - Chinese Premier's Visit: Tibetan Scarf Makes Silky Smooth Protest MORE HEADLINES: Treasury: Debt and Operating Balance up on Forecasts More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 5 April 2006, 12:40 am | Alastair Thompson
Race Relations: Cullen Not Happy with UN Maori Report - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Comedy Festival: Programme Launched with Lollies for Laughs Bribe - Dance: Botox Becomes The Stuff Of Art - - Police: Change At Top Of Thin Blue Line - - Kiwi Pride: ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 3 April 2006, 4:34 pm | Alastair Thompson
Governors-General: Satyanand Shelves Retirement For Queen - Maori Option: Brash takes on Maori Enrolment - Scoop Audio: The Father Of The Internet Holds A Press Conference - Crime: Crime rate drops slightly - Iraq Hostage: Statement from Harmeet ... More >>
NEWSFLASH: Police Rape Trial Verdict - Not Guilty
Friday, 31 March 2006, 3:43 pm | Alastair Thompson
Assistant Police Commissioner Clint Rickards and former police officers Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton have been found not guilty in the High Court at Auckland. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 31 March 2006, 12:22 am | Alastair Thompson
Media Affairs: Blair and Sooden - Scoop Imagines the Hard Questions - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: Entomology Alert: Endangered Weevils Find Human Guardian Angels - Tony Blair In NZ: Henare Abuses Departing UK PM Paul Buchanan: The Case For User Pays ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 10:25 pm | Alastair Thompson
Tony Blair In NZ: NZ PM welcomes UK Counterpart - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - State Housing: Moderately Well Off Tenants Could Buy Their Houses Under National - NZ Gongs: Xena's Killing Spree Ends In Top NZ Honour - Environment: Ecological Groups Voices ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 28 March 2006, 11:34 am | Alastair Thompson
MMP: Hide's 'Maori Party = National Front' Analogies Fail to Stop Turia Attending ACT Conference - Employment: Restaurant Brands Pay Supersized - Scoop Column: Shane Jones And Ian Wishart Interviewed + More Hosking On Air - Economy: Not All Doom and ... More >>
DomPost Ignored MFAT Harmeet Sooden Warnings
Friday, 24 March 2006, 4:21 pm | Alastair Thompson
Earlier this year using the Official Information Act Scoop obtained a copy of the notes provided to MFAT boss Simon Murdoch before he phoned Dominion Post Editor Tim Pankhurst in his unsuccessful attempt to persuade the newspaper not to publish the ... More >>
Supercomputer Weather: Wati Weakens On NZ Approach
Friday, 24 March 2006, 3:58 pm | Alastair Thompson
The latest NOAA GFS Supercomputer forecasts for Cyclone Wati show the remnants of cyclone weakening considerably in the Tasman Sea before making landfall north of Auckland on Monday night. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 23 March 2006, 3:48 pm | Alastair Thompson
Weather: Cyclone Wati Turns Left Heads For New Zealand - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Media: C4 sorry, promises not to air episode again - Employment: Non Revolutionaries Get Trip To Beehive - - Whangamata Marina: Samuels Goes Into Bat For Opposing Team ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 10:27 pm | Alastair Thompson
NEWS SHOCK! David Parker Now Resigns All Portfolios - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Foreign Affairs: National Fact Finding Triumvirate To Escape Soggy Wellington - - Art/Zoology: Chimp Painting Auction at Wellington Zoo - Foreign Affairs: Christopher Hill Says ... More >>
NEWSFLASH: David Parker Resigns All Portfolios
Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 11:17 am | Alastair Thompson
In a brief announcement at the beginning of caucus today the Prime Minister Helen Clark told media that she had accepted an offer from David Parker to resign from all portfolios. She said Mr Parker had discussed the situation with senior colleagues ... More >>
NEWSFLASH: David Parker Resigns As Attorney Gen.
Monday, 20 March 2006, 5:56 pm | Alastair Thompson
David Parker has resigned from the position of Attorney General in the Cabinet. He keeps his other cabinet positions. The resignation was announced around 20 minutes ago at Parliament. More >>
Audio: Christopher Hill – "Nobody Raised Gitmo"
Monday, 20 March 2006, 5:40 pm | Alastair Thompson
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill held a press conference this afternoon at the US Embassy. Scoop attended and asked the most senior U.S. diplomat to visit New Zealand in recent times whether ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 20 March 2006, 2:18 pm | Alastair Thompson
Foreign Affairs: Can Very, Very Good Friends Chat About Guantanamo? - Health: GPs Require Employment Checkup - Employment: 'The Kids Are Alright' While Out On Strike - - Scoop Column: A Dr Who Wants Employment Reform and A Dr Who Is Assisting - - ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 16 March 2006, 12:31 am | Alastair Thompson
Employment: Maori Party Votes for Allegedly Anti-worker Legislation - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Legislation: Nandor Free House Comes One Step Closer - Arts: Scoop Audio - DJ Spooky on remixing racism - Medical: Kedgley Questions NZ Price Of Herceptin ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 14 March 2006, 5:48 pm | Alastair Thompson
Arts: Festival Enters Last Week - Legislation: NZ First MP Seeks To Strengthen Maori Party's Hand At Next Election - Conservation: Minister Seeks Protection For Our Sharks - Kiwi Pride: Maharey Reckons 2005 Was A Cracker Year For Kiwi Musos - Foreign Affairs ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops (PLEASE VOTE FOR SCOOP!)
Monday, 13 March 2006, 4:35 pm | Alastair Thompson
Foreign Affairs & The Festival: Scoop Interviews Ace Reporter Robert Fisk - Bizarre/Sport: Pre-Recorded Cricketing Jape Goes Horribly Wrong - Welfare: Benefit Increase Means NZ's Poor Enjoy Another Jar of Jam - Fashion: Foreigners Snaffle Vodafone Id Awards ... More >>
