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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 35]
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 1 July 2005, 5:52 pm | Alastair Thompson
Lyndon Hood: Don Brash of La Mancha - A Week Of It: Is Here - Zimbabwe: Amnesty International (NZ) Cites Deaths At Harare Settlement - PM Maps Out Labour's Policy Platform - Police Make Arrest In Manukau Stabbing Murder Case - 350 Delegates Gather ... More >>
Scoop Images: Russell Brown In Black & White
Friday, 1 July 2005, 12:20 am | Alastair Thompson
Russell Brown and the Book Council launched the Great New Zealand Argument: Ideas About Ourselves last night at the Film Archive in Wellington. After an introduction from Russell, the audience were treated to a video of the famous Lange Oxford Union ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 5:42 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Report: NZ Elections Cause Australia And Pacific Leaders To Postpone Forum - Police Arrest Second Man In Dairy Homicide Case - Politicians Indulge In Pre-Tax Debate Verbal Bash Up - Photo Essay: Feel The Style At L'Oréal Colour Trophy Awards ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 29 June 2005, 4:56 pm | Alastair Thompson
Govt Highlights OECD Report's Praise Of Employment Policies - Russell Brown Publishes The Great NZ Argument - Goff Supports Law Commission Push For Courts Reform - Labour Backs Off Waterways Access Agenda… For Now - Union Head Tells Workers Nats Have Declared ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 28 June 2005, 4:37 pm | Alastair Thompson
The “Mainstream NZ” Debate Gets Up A Head Of Steam - Photo Essay: Wellington City Pirates Vs Cruising Lions - Scoop Report: Inside The Prime Minister's Post-Cabinet Presser - Scoop Poll Watch: National/NZ First Coalition Would Have The Numbers - ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 27 June 2005, 7:50 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: New Zealand To Pay Percentage Of Poor Nations' World Debt - Don Brash Highlights Brain Drain At Nat Conference - Ombudsman Intervenes To Ensure Meningococcal Disease Data Correct - Israel Apologises For Passport Fraudsters But Not For Mossad ... More >>
Study - victims benefit from restorative justice
Monday, 27 June 2005, 5:53 pm | Alastair Thompson
Most victims who took part in court-referred restorative justice benefited from the process, according to an evaluation released today by Justice Minister Phil Goff. More >>
Orthopaedics project on target for first year
Monday, 27 June 2005, 5:52 pm | Alastair Thompson
The Government’s orthopaedic project has so far delivered even more major hip and knee operations than planned, for the eleven months of its first year. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 24 June 2005, 5:11 pm | Alastair Thompson
Kevin List's Week Of It Is In - Trade Union Head Warns Workers Against Voting National - Health Ministry Says No More Influenza B Related Deaths Reported - Economic Activity Increases Due To Lift In Internal Demand - Scoop Report: Australia's Deputy PM Resigns ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics (For June 22nd)
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 12:02 am | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Apple Protest Sees Dozens Of Tractors Swarm On Parliament - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Police Investigate Rimutaka Forest Carpark For Clues - Quality Public Education Coalition Accuses Govt Of Manufacturing Wananga Crisis - Every Child Counts ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 10:45 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Zaoui Case: Supreme Court Places Ultimate Responsibility On Minister - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Winter Solstice Passes At 18:46pm - Springtime Here We Come - Berryman Case: Solicitor General Advises Against 2nd Inquest - Surveillance ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 20 June 2005, 5:54 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Congratulations Flow For Campbell On His US Open Win - Scoop Report: Telecom Network Outage Causes Chaos - Scoop Report: Centre-Right Lobby Has $2mil For Anti-Labour Campaign - Prince William's Visit - More Than Just Rugby - NZ Government ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 17 June 2005, 11:53 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Images: Pakistan President Officially Welcomed To New Zealand - A Week of It: Discusses Rural Concerns - NZ To Miss Its Kyoto Target By 36.2Mt CO2e - The Day The Downing Street Memos Went To The White House - It’s Not Only Foreigners Being ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 5:03 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: MeNZB(tm) Vaccine Debate: Ministry Of Health Plans Nationwide Advertising Campaign - Trans Tasman Predicts Dame Silvia To Replace Kelly In Canada - NZ To Miss Its Kyoto Target By 36.2Mt CO2e - Magic Mountain Opening For Skiing Tomorrow - Scoop ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 6:10 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Feilding Double-Murder Accused Named - Graham Kelly's Attempt At Humour Transcribed - Abortion Rate Drops - Statistics NZ - Scoop Report: Schroeder Under Pressure After Backing Stem Cell Research - Amnesty Int. Calls For End To Palestine's ... More >>
The Silver Ring Choir Of Bath
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 12:37 am | Alastair Thompson
A MIXED voice choir from England with a unique celebrity connection will be visiting Singapore and New Zealand in November of this year on a 17 day concert tour. More >>
Salmonella Dub Christchurch & Queenstown Shows
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 12:37 am | Alastair Thompson
Salmonella Dub will take a break from songwriting to play three South Island shows early July to road-test new tracks for their next album. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 5:02 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: PM Addresses Benson-Pope's Innocence & Pakistan's President - Graham Kelly Apologises For Offensive Fisheries Jibes - NZ Takes Action Against Australia To WTO - Ministry Urged To Explain Vaccine Risk For Pre-Schoolers - Air Force Crew ... More >>
NEWSFLASH: Michael Jackson Found Not Guilty
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 9:20 am | Alastair Thompson
King of Pop Michael Jo Jackson has been found not guilty on all charges of sexual assault against a minor in a Santa Barbara county California. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 13 June 2005, 6:02 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: High Seas Vandalism Caught On Camera - Greenpeace - Air Force Orion Locates Yacht In Distress - Eulogies For Sonya Davies, Unionist, Peacemaker - Don Brash Appears On Agenda – Cullen Unimpressed - Scoop Report: Orgasms... Study Shows ... More >>
