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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 52]
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 22 June 2004, 4:42 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: Iran Captures British Vessels And Crew - Robson Defends Racism Remarks After Being Ejected From House - PNG Former Commander Details Sandlines Crisis - STORY OF THE WEEK: PM's Presser: Civil Unions Top Of Mind - Civility ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 21 June 2004, 4:23 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Three Thousand By-Election Voters Not On Roll - Civil Union Petition Gathers Support - Floatilla Of Hope Nears Nauru - Hard News Is There! - Rookie In The Hotseat On 9/11 - MOTORNET: Smooth Operator - Jaguar XJ8 - William Rivers Pitt: ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 18 June 2004, 4:30 pm | Alastair Thompson
Families Unconvinced By Latest Version Of 9/11 Events - Tamihere And Samuels Welcome 20% Marine Farm Stake For Maori - Sandlines Pacific Mercenaries Killing In Iraq - SCOOP FLASHBACK: Was NORAD Asleep On The Flight Deck? - Hard News & David Slack Are ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 17 June 2004, 3:47 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: Sandlines Pacific Mercenaries Killing In Iraq - Goff Says U.S. Report On NZ Human Trafficking Misleading - 911 Commission Explains How 9/11 Went Down - Milosevic Acquittal Bid Dismissed - Hard News Is There! - Eco-Economy: ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 16 June 2004, 4:30 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: Torture Memos: William Rivers Pitt On Nuremberg - Fish Ministry Details Orange Roughy Study - UNICEF Director Disturbed By Darfur Situation - Hard News & More Is There! - In Inside Oil From Molesworth & Featherston ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 15 June 2004, 3:37 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: NZ Defence Issues Details Of Basrah Bombing - Number Of NZ Abortions Increase - Annan Slates World Trade Imbalance - Kevin List Reports On The PM's Presser - Hard News & More Is There - Stateside: Where Rosalea ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 14 June 2004, 5:36 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Team NZ Sponsored By Middle East Airline - New ACT Leader Rodney Hide Seeks Taxpayer Support - NZ Fails To Oppose Iceland & Japan At Deep-Sea Conference - The Real Deal: Where Would Jesus Bank? - Hard News Is There! - Suzan Mazur: Crude ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 11 June 2004, 5:05 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Oxfam On G8: More Said than Done, and Not Enough Said - G8 Leaders Pledge Middle East Region Peace Mandate - Hard News: Brash To Open Up New Law-n-Order Front - EU Elections To Decide Europeans’ Future - HELDOVER: Five Years Young – Thanks ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 10 June 2004, 6:00 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Strong NZ Growth, Increased Inflation Pressure Causes OCR Increase - NZ And Fiji Police Bust Huge Meth-Lab Operation - Greenpeace Welcome Acknowledgement Of Damage From Minister - Five Years Young – Thanks For The Memories - Scoop Review: ... More >>
Scoop's 5th Birthday Is Today!!!
Thursday, 10 June 2004, 12:50 am | Alastair Thompson
On June 10th 1999 Scoop.co.nz went live out of an office in Victoria Street Wellington. Back then the Scoop team consisted of myself (Alastair Thompson) our technical director Andrew McNaughton and Ian Llewellyn. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 9 June 2004, 4:30 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Greenpeace Targets UN Debate In Bottom Trawling Campaign - Dobson Dam Proponents Find Second Wind - Lebanon/Israel: Rockets And Air-Strike Attacks Exchanged - Hard News & More Is There! - The Inside Oil From Molesworth & Featherston - Guest ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 8 June 2004, 3:46 pm | Alastair Thompson
Ronald Reagan Dies At 93 of Alzheimer’s Disease - Greens Announce Election 2005 Platform - Campaign To Save Ocean Bottoms Goes Global - Jason Leopold: Enron Execs (& White House) Implicated In Enron Trader Tapes - Hard News & More Is There! - UQ ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 4 June 2004, 3:25 pm | Alastair Thompson
Sudan Emergency Receives $2 Million From NZ Govt. - Candidate Nominations Open For By-Election - Bush Accepts CIA Boss Tenet’s Resignation - Scoop Review: Imperial Russian Ice Stars - Hard News & More Is There! - Leo Koziol: A Time Of Important ... More >>
Setting the Record Straight
Friday, 4 June 2004, 3:17 pm | Alastair Thompson
Greenpeace NZ's campaign is to protect deep sea life will continue despite the violent response to its protest at the Orange Roughy Management Company's (ORMC) headquarters in Nelson early this week More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings
Friday, 4 June 2004, 10:00 am | Alastair Thompson
Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 3 June 2004, 4:35 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Auckland Local Govt Conservative Teams Merge - Next Generation Internet Applauds Advanced Network Plan - Iraq: Brahimi Leaves For USA As Peacekeeping Resolution Takes Shape - Hard News Is There! - Budget 2004: No Right Turn Asks What's Next? ... More >>
Protest In Solidarity With Guadalajara, Mexico
Thursday, 3 June 2004, 1:20 pm | Alastair Thompson
As you might have read on www.Indymedia.org , police brutality has been outrageous against demonstrators who protested against the meeting of leaders of the European Union, Caribbean and Latin American countries in Guadalajara, Mexico, last weekend. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 2 June 2004, 4:38 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: A Candid Interview With Uber-Reporter Robert Fisk - NZ Defence Helicopter Damaged During Arabian Sea Operation - UN Peacekeepers Begin Work In Haiti - Iraq's New Government Receives Annan's Blessing - Hard News & More Is There! - Fighting ... More >>
All Black Squad Announced For First 2004 Test
Wednesday, 2 June 2004, 12:04 am | Alastair Thompson
The All Blacks squad to face England at Carisbrook in the first test on Saturday June 12 follows. The province the player usually plays for is listed in brackets. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 1 June 2004, 4:22 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Kelsey Speaks In Geneva On NZ/WTO Dirty Little Secrets - April-May Road Toll Lowest On Record - President Bush Remembers The Fallen On US Memorial Day - PM's Presser: Helen Says - Hard News And More Is There! More >>
