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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 49]
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 23 August 2004, 5:50 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Ulmer Slices Seconds Of World Record To Win Gold - MSD Social Report Receives Mixed Reviews - Iran Threatens To Attack US Forces – Associated Press - Images: Civil Protests For And Against Civil Unions - A Kiwi Activist Reports In ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 20 August 2004, 5:18 pm | Alastair Thompson
Global UN Ceremonies Mark Anniversary Of Iraq Terror Attack - SKY TV and INL Announce Merger Talks - Amnesty International To Observe Guantanamo Military Hearings - STORY OF THE WEEK: UK Polling Firm Violates Ethics In Venezuelan Election - Hard News Is ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 19 August 2004, 5:06 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Civil Unions Campaigners To Boycott Destiny's Hate Rally - Storm Begins To Ease From Central North Island - UNICEF Struggles To Save Iraq's Children From Slaughter - STORY OF THE WEEK: Venezualan Government Endorsed By The Ballot Box - ... More >>
Scoop Images: Big Blow At Wellington Airport
Thursday, 19 August 2004, 10:20 am | Alastair Thompson
Three images and brief MPEG videos of yesterday's storm taken near the Wellington Airport. The Airport was closed for the entire day due to high winds. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 18 August 2004, 5:02 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Orcon Warns Of Local Loop Unbundling Threat To Broadband - Youth MPs Debate Alcohol Age Of Consent - Milosevic Lawyers Say Rights Jeopardised If Counsel Forced Upon Him - Hospital Smoking Room For Terminally Ill - Russell Brown's Public ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 17 August 2004, 4:36 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Afghanistan: Goff Announces $5 million For On-going Reconstruction - Sea Rescue: Crew Member Found Dead Tied To Beacon - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Wins Recall Referendum - Photo Essay: Youth Parliament 2004 - Hard News Is There! ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 16 August 2004, 5:55 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Labour Surges Ahead Of National In Poll - Youth Parliament To Debate Drinking Age Crisis - Trouble With Saudi's Biggest Oil Field As Oil Demand Surges - Hard News Is There! - Stateside: Where The Olympics Hits The G-Spot - John Roughan: ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Saturday, 14 August 2004, 4:19 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: The Amazing Alison Annan Resigns At Cambridge High - Muriel Newman Talks American Lessons In Welfare - Venezeualan Democracy On The Line Sunday - Hard News Is There! - Norma Sherry Interviews The Libertarian Who Would Be President - Something ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 12 August 2004, 4:10 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: "Civil War" Maori Public Servant Keeps His Job - Prebble Files Papers To Get Awatere-Huata Booted - Greg Palast On Venezeula's Upcoming Recall Vote - Howard Dean Weighs Into The Terror Alert Debate - Muriel Newman On ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 4:25 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: NZ Gains Int. Support For Indonesian Atrocity Truth Commission - Changes To Citizenship Bill - UQ Wire: When Were We Warned? And Why? - What Was The New CIA Chief Doing On 9/11? - Hard News Is There! - The Inside ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 5:50 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: Maori Unemployment At Its Lowest Levels Ever - NZ Parliament Unanimously Condemns Anti-Semitism - Hard News Is There! - David Miller: The All Blacks And Al-Qaeda - John Roughan's Letter From Honiara - Bernard ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 9 August 2004, 5:07 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Selwyn Manning In Samoa: Howard Politicised Into Further Aid For Nauru - Don Brash Reshuffles His Shadow Cabinet - IDF Prepares For Armageddon - Hard News & Fiona Rae Are There! - Stateside: Where Rosalea Joins Communication Overload More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 6 August 2004, 5:26 pm | Alastair Thompson
Selwyn Manning In Samoa: Nauru On The Agenda - Parliament To Condemn Anti-Semitism Following Graveyard Vandalism - Reader Opinion: A Proposal To End War - Tariana Turia Talks To Scoop's Kevin List - Foreign Students Out Of Pocket As Immigration Agent ... More >>
Images: You Can't Beat Wellington On A Good Day
Friday, 6 August 2004, 11:09 am | Alastair Thompson
Images of Wellington taken from Wrights Hill on a recent stunning day in the capital. The images are taken with Scoop's new Fuji S7000 camera. Click on images for big versions. More >>
Images: Scoops Great Big Picture Of Wellington
Friday, 6 August 2004, 10:56 am | Alastair Thompson
A panorama image of Wellington Harbour - Te Whanganui-A-Tara - taken from Wrights Hill on a recent stunning day in the capital. The image is taken with Scoop's new Fuji S7000 camera and is extremely large. Click on each frame to expand image size ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 5 August 2004, 4:23 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: Michel Chossudovsky: Colour Coded Dishonesty In Boston - Goff Condemns On-Going Terror Attacks In Iraq - UN Ups Pressure On Sudan To Comply - Hard News & More Is There! - Wellington City Vs A Handful Of Homeless More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 10:14 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: Zaoui Lawyers Appeal No-Bail-Transfer Judgement - Massey Research Shows Teenagers Don't Need ID To Buy Booze - Belgium's Human Rights Rep Dented By Reality Check - STORY OF THE WEEK: William Rivers Pitt: Fabricating ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 7:58 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: Scoop Scoop: 911 Investigator Reveals FBI Was Told To Slow Down Its Investigation - Auckland Performances For Ahmed Zaoui: Saturday - Palestinian National Authority In Crisis: Arafat Urges Restraint From Supporters ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 2 August 2004, 6:09 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Govt Says WTO 'Breakthrough' Could Save NZ $1billion a Year - Brash Ruth Richardson In Drag – Only Taller, Says Winston - Algeria Urged To Investigate Latest Mass Grave - ZAOUI!!! - Hard News & More Is There! - John Roughan's Letter ... More >>
Scoop Images: The Zaoui Concert!!!
Monday, 2 August 2004, 10:39 am | Alastair Thompson
Last night's Zaoui Concert at the Wellington State Opera House was attended by around 450 supporters of human rights marking the 1st anniversary of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority decision declaring Algerian MP Ahmed Zaoui to be a bona fide refugee. More >>
