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Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
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 27]
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 27 January 2006, 10:33 am | Alastair Thompson
Politics: Mown Down By The Public - Wazzup With The Ex MPs? - Crime: Student Jailed Over Child Porn Crimes - Economy: Bollard Keeps Official Cash Rate At 7.25 Percent - - Health: Mum's The Word As Govt Targets Maternity Care - - Astronomy: New Planet ... More >>
The Latest bin Laden Tape - Transcript & Debate
Saturday, 21 January 2006, 11:37 pm | Alastair Thompson
al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's latest tape recorded message to the West – in Arabic - was released publicly last week. Parts of the tape were first aired on Al-Jazeera television (See… Bin Laden offers Americans truce) . More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 19 January 2006, 11:30 am | Alastair Thompson
TransTasman: Australian Racism Deeper Than Cronulla Riots - Emergency: Westpac Rescue Helicopter Rescues Kayaker In Gale Force Storm - Foreign Affairs: NZ Joins 16 Nations Urging Japan To Stop Whaling - February Night Sky Excellent Viewing From New Zealand More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 11:22 am | Alastair Thompson
Foreign Spying: Maori Party Calls For Waihopai's Closure - Prison: Corrections Fine Tunes Maori Culture Policy - - Telcos: TelstraClear/Telecom Withdraw Commerce Commission Price Review - Video: Families Support Greenpeace Action Against Japan's Whaling ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 weekend Ratings - Jan 14-15 2006
Monday, 16 January 2006, 10:45 am | Alastair Thompson
The weekend’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 16 January 2006, 12:35 am | Alastair Thompson
NZUS Council To Pursue McCain U.S./NZ FTA Idea In Washington - Business: Property Valuations Continue Upward Trend - Environment: Baby Birds Relocated to Fire Hazard Area - Sport: Commonwealth Games Baton To Arrive In ChCh - Environment: NZ Wasn't ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops
Thursday, 12 January 2006, 5:19 pm | Alastair Thompson
Nationwide Sleep-In For Current Affairs Fans Looms With Clark's Loss - Brownlee: Green Jobs "Another Chink In The Constitutional Armour" - Whaling: Paul Buchanan on NZ and the Whalers - Medical: Fourth MeNZB Dose Approved for Youngest Children ... More >>
NZ Not Sending Frigate To Watch Whaling Stoush
Tuesday, 10 January 2006, 5:03 pm | Alastair Thompson
A spokesman for the NZ Minister of Defence said today that the New Zealand Government is not yet actively considering sending a Royal New Zealand Navy frigate south to watch an increasing level of tension between activists and whalers in the southern ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 10 January 2006, 12:16 am | Alastair Thompson
Election 2005: Millions Spent Attacking Govt Spending - YOU SAID IT! Dr Brash's Anti Racism Message Gets Short Shrift From A Reader - Whales: Botched Japanese Harpooning Leads To High Seas Horror - - Entertainment: Boh Runga Set To Serenade The Chimps ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Politics (NEW YEAR SPECIAL)
Saturday, 31 December 2005, 5:40 pm | Alastair Thompson
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM SCOOP!! - New Year 2006's Honourable Kiwis Honoured - YOU SAID IT! A Christmas Letter to Peter Jackson from an American Ape-watcher - Environmental News: Greenpeace Writes Of Southern Ocean Ordeal - MORE HEADLINES: - Scoop Gets Inside ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 20 December 2005, 12:28 am | Alastair Thompson
NZ Economy: Cullen Warns Of "Heavier Waters" Ahead In 2007/08 - Economy: World Bank Says NZ Best Place For Business - Justice: Peace Activists To Appear In Court Today - ICT: Commission Rules Telstra-Clear Will Get Bitstream Broadband Service - World ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 16 December 2005, 5:36 pm | Alastair Thompson
TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS: Jane Kelsey Reports: GATS A Deal Breaker At Hong Kong WTO Summit Photo-Essay: Event Of The Week - King Kong Premieres In Wellington Tax: Dunne Seeks Small Business Tax Change Delay Judge Rules For Snail – Now Minister Must Act Media: ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 5:32 pm | Alastair Thompson
TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS: Jane Kelsey Reports On WTO: Free Trade Talks Open With Protests Election Spending: Are Spending Loopholes Big Enough For A Stock Car? Scoop Report: Fraser Implodes At TVNZ Inquiry - RECOMMENDED AUDIO Photo Story: Stars Enjoy Red ... More >>
Scoop Images: The Monkey Meets Wellington
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 7:47 pm | Alastair Thompson
Spot the stars... Images of several of the stars of King Kong thronged by the crowds on the Red Carpet at the premiere for the film in Wellington today. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 5:30 pm | Alastair Thompson
LIVE VIDEO– KING KONG COUNTDOWN LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET – NOW!!! SCOOPTV With R2.CO.NZ, Scoop Report: Kevin List Unpicks The TVNZ Inquiry Debacle, Canada's National Post Follows Up Scoop Report Re: Hostage Group Link To IAI, Dirty Harry And The Inbox ... More >>
Scoop Images: Waiting For The Big Monkey
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 5:20 pm | Alastair Thompson
Courtenay Place Wellington is packed to the gills this afternoon in anticipation of the arrival of the stars on the red carpet outside the Embassy Theatre for the premiere of Peter Jackson's King Kong. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 12 December 2005, 4:58 pm | Alastair Thompson
World Trade: Prelude To WTO Round: Jane Kelsey Reports, Official Suicide Statistics Calculate Cost In Dollar Terms, Employment: Who Will Fix The Doctor Shortage?, Police: Govt And NZ First Seal More Cops Deal, Santa Sends Karma Filled Feast To Auckland ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 9 December 2005, 5:29 pm | Alastair Thompson
Sport: Rugby Fans In For Free To Air Treat In 2007 - McCully: Peters, TVNZ And Benson-Pope Targeted By Sarcasm Scud Missiles - - Culture: Tizard Acts! Bans 'No Holes' Tongue Studs - Crime: KiwiBank Scam Website Closed Down - Aid: Old Warm Interislander Uniforms ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 2:09 pm | Alastair Thompson
FLASH: Hostage Deadline Extended Till Sat. - Scoop Editorial: Deadline Looms For Peacemakers - QUESTIONS OF THE DAY: - Scoop Report: Media Freedoms and Democracy Occupy Fraser and Hide - RECOMMENDED AUDIO: - Bollard Hikes Up OCR To 7.25 - Parliament: ... More >>
Al Jazeera: Iraq Kidnap Deadline Extended To Sat.
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 10:53 am | Alastair Thompson
Al Jazeera has reported the Iraqi Insurgent group the Brigade of the Swords of Righteousness, who threatened last week to kill four Christian Peacemaker Team members later today, have now extended their deadline till Saturday (Sunday NZT). More >>
