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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 30]
West Papua Not Discussed - Petition Not Presented
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 2:09 pm | Alastair Thompson
According to NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark The Pacific Forum leaders did not discuss the controversial issue of West Papua at their summit in Madang, in spite of an expectation before the forum by both herself and the Secretary General that they would do so. More >>
Sludge Report #170 – Don't Mention The War
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 3:16 am | C.D. Sludge
In This Edition: - Video Clip: Helen Clark & The Pikanini - Don't Mention The War - Who Cares If The War Isn't Mentioned? - Images: Sour Howard 10 Possible Reasons John Howard Doesn't Want To Talk About West Papua More >>
Clark & Urwin Make Friends With Pacific NGOs
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 3:10 am | Alastair Thompson
When Helen Clark decided at the last minute to attend the closing celebrations of the Sixth Pacific Civil Society Forum Meeting on Monday, Scoop was the only NZ media present to record the occasion in pictures, audio and video. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 26 October 2005, 1:56 pm | Alastair Thompson
TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS: Scoop Report: West Papua Independence On Forum Agenda Nurses Union Urges No Unfair Fat-Cat Salary Hikes For Bureaucrats Turia Says Maori Inspired By Rosa Parks’ Legacy 'Naki Locals Sort Out What the Soviet Army Couldn't Rare NZ ... More >>
Photo Essay: At The Opening Of The Pacific Forum
Wednesday, 26 October 2005, 1:22 am | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Foreign Correspondent: Photo Essay: The Opening Of The 36th Pacific Island Forum Images by Jason Dorday More >>
Scoop Talks To Two West Papuan Freedom Fighters
Wednesday, 26 October 2005, 1:11 am | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Talks To Two West Papuan Freedom Fighters .. and goes Inside The Campaign To Get West Papua Back On The Pacific Island Forum's Agenda More >>
Audio: Clark & Howard Don't Talk West Papua
Tuesday, 25 October 2005, 11:58 pm | Alastair Thompson
The Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand held a bilateral meeting today, the first since Helen Clark's re-election for a third term as NZ PM. Afterwards they held a brief press conference with New Zealand and Australian media. More >>
Audio & Images: PIF Small Island States Meeting
Tuesday, 25 October 2005, 5:28 pm | Alastair Thompson
The Small Island States is a grouping of several of the smallest Pacific Island States which meets before the Pacific Island Forum proper to discuss issues of specific interest, and to attempt to form a combined front once the Forum summit proper is ... More >>
Audio: NZ PM & PIF SG Talk Forum Issues
Tuesday, 25 October 2005, 5:27 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Foreign Correspondent: Audio: NZ Prime Minister & Pacific Island Forum Secretary General Talk 2005 Forum Issues Uriwn & Clark Confirm Leaders Will Discuss West Papua Issue At Summit From Scoop Co-Editor Alastair Thompson on Assignment in ... More >>
Audio & Images: Clark Pre-Pacific Forum Q&A
Monday, 24 October 2005, 3:00 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Foreign Correspondent: NZ PM Helen Clark Answers Pre-Pacific Islands Forum Questions Report from Scoop Co-Editor Alastair Thompson on Assignment in Papua New Guinea and the Solomons – Images By Jason Dorday More >>
A Virtual Visit To Honiara With PM Helen Clark
Monday, 24 October 2005, 4:16 am | Alastair Thompson
A virtual visit to Solomon Islands capital Honiara with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, October 23, 2005, (features images and audio) From Scoop Co-Editor Alastair Thompson on Assignment in Papua New Guinea and the Solomons – CLICK IMAGES FOR BIG ... More >>
Flying High Above The Pacific With The RNZAF
Monday, 24 October 2005, 3:52 am | Alastair Thompson
On Saturday 22nd October a RNZAF 757, Flight NPB970, carrying a New Zealand media contingent, the official New Zealand PM's Party, & the premiers of Samoa, Kiribas, Naaru and Tahiti departed from Wellington for Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, where ... More >>
Supercomputer Weather: Super Hurricane Wilma
Thursday, 20 October 2005, 6:10 pm | Alastair Thompson
Hurricane Wilma, which earlier today became the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, remains on track to make landfall on the Florida Peninsula sometime this weekend. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 20 October 2005, 10:41 am | Alastair Thompson
3rd Term Labour Progressive Govt. Cabinet Lineup Announced - Air NZ Workers Shattered By Engineering Workshop Decisions - TePapa Protest: After The Clowns Were Sent In - Santas Hope Spirit Of Christmas Future Gees Up Fairfax - - NZPA Photography Launches ... More >>
NEWSFLASH: Cabinet Announcement Underway
Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 12:18 am | Alastair Thompson
A Press Conference to announce the new Cabinet lineup is presently underway at Parliament. Scoop will bring Audio and image coverage of the press conference shortly. In the meantime the major changes on the front bench include: More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 18 October 2005, 5:39 pm | Alastair Thompson
Cullen's Sorted But Where's Everyone Else Going? - - AUDIO: Rod Donald On The Shafting Of The Greens - House Of Wax Meets Cutting Edge Art At Wellington's City Gallery - - Story Teller From The Worlds' Disaster Zones To Visit NZ - - Kiwi's Once Again ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics (Govt Announced)
Tuesday, 18 October 2005, 10:22 am | Alastair Thompson
Video: Helen Clark Announces Labour-Led Govt - LABOUR AND PARTNER PARTY AGREEMENTS: - REACTION: - Just What Did National Say Regarding the Foreshore And Seabed? - … Meanwhile Thompson, Slack, Brown, Prebble & Molesworth Weigh In - Blueprint For Left ... More >>
NEWSFLASH: Clark Announces Centre-Right Government
Monday, 17 October 2005, 4:21 pm | Alastair Thompson
A press conference is being held at 5pm today in the Legislative Council Chamber. Scoop will provide full audio, video and photographic coverage of the event from later this evening. More >>
NEWSFLASH: Maori Party Not Supporting National
Monday, 17 October 2005, 3:59 pm | Alastair Thompson
In a press conference held at 3.30pm this afternoon Maori Party Leader Tariana Turia formally announced that the Maori Party will not be supporting any National Party attempt to form a government. More >>
FULL COVERAGE: Pakistan/Kashmir/India Quake
Monday, 17 October 2005, 3:48 pm | Alastair Thompson
India & Pakistan Govt. On Earthquake Response - Director General ISPR Major general Shaukat Sultan on Monday said that a number of foreign rescue teams have been been despatched to different quake-hit areas. During a media birefing he said ... More >>
