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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 5]
Budget 2014 - A Budget Worth Dancing Over | 500 Words
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 2:40 pm | Alastair Thompson
The dancing with delight episode attributed to Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey as he prepared for Tuesday's equivalent of our 1991 "mother of all budgets" raised rather a lot of eyebrows on both sides of the ditch. More >>
Lake Horowhenua Activist Philip Taueki Assaulted In Prison
Friday, 9 May 2014, 10:53 am | Alastair Thompson
Scoop this morning received the following affidavit filed in support of a bail variation and note from his partner, investigative journalist Anne Hunt. More >>
Peace On Earth - An Interview With Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 10:38 am | Alastair Thompson
The role of human dignity , passive violence , religious cooperation , the internet and the water hemisphere in the path to global harmony - An interview by Scoop's Alastair Thompson with Soka Gakkai International (SGI) President Daisaku Ikeda More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : The Passion ( Begins )
Monday, 10 March 2014, 9:04 am | Alastair Thompson
My little daughter, let yourself be embraced by My most ardent desire that all souls come and purify themselves in the water of penance, and that the feeling of confidence, and not fear, may penetrate them, because I am a God of Mercy and I am always ready ... More >>
Alastair Thompson resigns from Internet Party role
Friday, 24 January 2014, 5:35 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop website co-founder Alastair Thompson has resigned as interim general secretary of the Internet Party. More >>
Samantha Shannon, author of The Bone Season & dreamwalker - Video Interview
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 2:57 pm | Alastair Thompson
22 year old UK Author Samantha Shannon is keeping herself busy making history in publishing. Her first novel The Bone Season was released in August in 20 languages and has now been translated into eight more. Three months after release 20th Century ... More >>
"Public Eyes", PIJ.org.nz & Public Interest Journalism in NZ
Monday, 2 December 2013, 6:07 pm | Alastair Thompson
NZ Public Interest Journalism Foundation Workshop - by Scoop Editor Alastair Thompson JEANZ Conference - 9am, Friday, 29 November 2013 Sir Paul Reeves Building, AUT School of Communications, Auckland More >>
Disrupting The Cloud - OpenStack in NZ With Catalyst IT
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 3:21 pm | Alastair Thompson
OpenStack is the world's fastest growing open source project. It enables you to run what amounts to a version of Amazon Web Services on a laptop. More >>
"Under Pressure", Cunliffe's CTU Biennial Speech | 500 Words
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 8:36 am | Alastair Thompson
"Under Pressure" - Labour Party Leader David Cunliffe's CTU Biennial Speech | 500 Words - A video interview with CTU President Helen Kelly - More >>
Americas Cup Lawsuit Mooted For "Herbie" Foil Trimming Mod. (Updated)
Friday, 27 September 2013, 9:04 pm | Alastair Thompson
Team New Zealand is preparing a legal challenge in the wake of the remarkable Oracle Team USA up-wind speed turnaround in the Americas Cup Regatta which ended this Thursday morning (NZ Time) with a Team USA victory. More >>
14 Q&As for 2014: Labour Leadership Virtual Hustings Meeting
Friday, 13 September 2013, 2:16 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop is delighted to have been asked to coordinate the official "Virtual Hustings Meeting" for the 2013, inaugural, Labour Leadership election. We posted 8 questions chosen from nearly 200 questions submitted by eligible voters in the race. More >>
Fast Change Delivers Certainty : Simon Moutter IV (4)
Monday, 26 August 2013, 12:21 pm | Alastair Thompson
Telecom’s capacity to change since becoming a telecommunications retailer only in 2012 surprised year-long chief executive Simon Moutter. More >>
Telecom’s agnostic content delivery : Simon Moutter IV (3)
Monday, 26 August 2013, 12:14 pm | Alastair Thompson
While well aware of the many different ways of ensuring its customers connect to the internet of things, Telecom’s role is to be connection agnostic says Simon Moutter. More >>
Telecom Operating At Speed of Life - Simon Moutter IV (1)
Monday, 26 August 2013, 12:05 pm | Alastair Thompson
We live in a world of realtime connection and blurred boundaries between the workplace and home. Telecom needs to operate in the same world says Simon Moutter. More >>
Standups Following First Day of Privileges Committee Meeting
Thursday, 22 August 2013, 12:09 pm | Alastair Thompson
Standups Following First Day of Privileges Committee Meeting By Alastair Thompson ENDS More >>
A Level Playing Field on GCSB : Telecom CEO Simon Moutter IV (2)
Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 12:07 pm | Alastair Thompson
In part two of the in-depth interview, Telecom chief executive Simon Moutter, tells Alastair Thompson government has a right to set security monitoring, but it needs to keep it economically and technically viable. More >>
Dear Peter Dunne, S.O.S. (Save Our Souls) | 500 Words
Monday, 19 August 2013, 12:16 pm | Alastair Thompson
When I first heard the news that you might have leaked the Kitteridge Report into the GCSB my personal assessment of you rose greatly. It was a report that was begging to be leaked. And whoever did leak it ought to be congratulated. More >>
Adopting @PeterDunneMP - A Developing TwitStory | 500 Words
Thursday, 1 August 2013, 1:02 pm | Alastair Thompson
Adopting Peter Dunne MP ( @PeterDunneMP )- A Developing TwitStory | 500 Words Featuring the #Nethui 2013 GCSB Session Videos & http://www.adoptanmp.co.nz/ More >>
The Privileges Of Parliament & Peter Dunne | 500 Words
Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 9:55 am | Alastair Thompson
It is hard not to conclude - in the wake of more than a year of half answers, miss-truths and outright lies around key aspects of the GCSB debacle - that we are now dealing with a rogue Government. More >>
Earthquake in Wellington: Photos from the CBD
Monday, 22 July 2013, 2:31 pm | Alastair Thompson
An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 was felt in Wellington at 5.10pm last night. Buildings in the CBD received some structural damage, including broken windows and cracked walls. More >>
