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Alastair Thompson
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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 58]
Scoop Images: Ash Wednesday At The Cenotaph
Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 3:25 pm | Alastair Thompson
A small group of worshippers marked Ash Wednesday today with the traditional marking of foreheads with ashes beside the Cenotaph outside Parliament. The service of the Ashes was led by Father Gerard Burns of St Anne's Catholic Parish, Newtown. Ash Wednesday ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 24 February 2004, 4:35 pm | Alastair Thompson
PM Announces Mini-Reshuffle – David Benson-Pope Joins Cabinet - Mallard Halts School Network Reviews - STORY OF THE WEEK: Call For Deported Teen To Be Brought Back - Ed Pybus Reports From Jerusalem On Peace & Trees - FRINGE '04: Glyn MacDonald Reviews ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 23 February 2004, 4:22 pm | Alastair Thompson
Brash Targets PM In Wake Of Dalziel’s Lies - Acting Immigration Minister Must Take Fresh Look At Zaoui Case - Roger Awards: The Appalling Tax Dodging Rort Of Juken Nissho - US Moves To Head Off Brazillian Drug Reform - FRINGE '04: Atamira Reviewed ... More >>
Scoop: Scoops + Politics (100,000th Special!!!)
Friday, 20 February 2004, 3:44 pm | Alastair Thompson
Zaoui Lawyers Seek ‘Objective Review’ From Prime Minister - Inquiry Terms of Reference Into Police Pack Rape Allegations Released - STORY OF THE WEEK: Maharey Wild Over Brash’s Maori Bashing - STORM WATCH: More Severe Weather Warnings Issued For Saturday ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 4:05 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - Bad Weather Approaching – But Where Will It Hit? - Free Zaoui Picket At Midday Today - UN Welcomes Israel Announcement To Withdraw From Gaza - STORY OF THE WEEK: What Did Governor Hobson Really Say At Waitangi? - SCOOP FRINGE ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 4:43 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - Met Service Warn More Wind & Rain On Its Way - Race Debate A Smokescreen For Rogernomics - Winston - Genevieve Cora Fraser: Holy Land Re-Examined & Unresolved - The Latest From Public Address - Guest Opinion: Saving NZ's Hospital ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 4:45 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: MetService Issues Data On 1 In 40 Year Storm - Border Bio-Security Slapstick With MAF - Movement Rising Against Death Penalties For Children - STORY OF THE WEEK - Brash Backlash Branded Hysterical - THE BIG BLOW ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 16 February 2004, 5:06 pm | Alastair Thompson
ACT Prepares To Emigrate To Local Body Politics - MetService Issues Severe Storm Warning But Says Worst Is Over - Israel’s Week-Long Spree Kills 27 People Injures 147 - STORY OF THE WEEK: Brash’s Race-Rhetoric RoadShow Kicks Off - FRINGE '04: Let ... More >>
Scoop Images: Wellington Battered By Feb. Storms
Monday, 16 February 2004, 12:50 am | Alastair Thompson
Road and commuter train disruptions of unprecedented scope have affected the Wellington region this morning with slips and downed trees throughout the city and surrounding areas. Eastbourne and Wainuiomata have been cut off and the Johnsonville commuter ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 13 February 2004, 6:13 pm | Alastair Thompson
Damien O’Connor: Why He Sent Girl (16) Back To Sri Lanka - Sir Paul Reeves: Biotech Cannot Be Left To Experts - UN Calls For Tougher Nuke Non-Proliferation Regime - STORY OF THE WEEK: Brian Easton Joins The Race Debate - Public Address's David Slack ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 12 February 2004, 2:28 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - Cullen Explains Govt Stance on Seabed and Foreshore - Racism, What Racism? Brash Writes About Race - War Crimes: Miloševic’s Communications Limits With Outside World Eased - FRINGE '04: Turbulent Flux Reviewed By Sven Mehzoud - ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 4:07 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - New Zealand Teenager Arrested In Australian Fed Drug Bust - Sky City Announces Purchase Of Darwin Casino - Ivan Eland: The President Unplugged - Inside NZ Politics With Molesworth & Featherston - ZZZZZzzzzt Scoop Has Feedback ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 10 February 2004, 4:07 pm | Alastair Thompson
PM Stakes Out The Political Map For 2004 - Don Brash Advertises Separatism – Cullen Responds - Auckland Mayor John Banks Says Racial Political Talk Should Cease - Bush Explains Why The US Invaded Iraq - UN Radio Reports Iraq Elections Before June More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 9 February 2004, 3:29 pm | Alastair Thompson
SCOOP WAITANGI DAY FULL COVERAGE - Australia Clinches FTA Deal With United States - For Justice Sake: Zaoui Case Needs Open Scrutiny Hard News On Waitangi Day - ZZZzzzzt Scoop Has Feedback - Hon. Simon Upton's Latest European Letter More >>
Cure Kids Great Adventure Race
Monday, 9 February 2004, 1:46 pm | Alastair Thompson
February 9 2004: More than 20 teams representing high profile Auckland based companies, are set to compete in a challenging and innovative Southern Traverse style adventure race raising funds for Cure Kids, the charity that funds research into children’s ... More >>
X*Air International Wakeboarding Results
Monday, 9 February 2004, 1:42 pm | Alastair Thompson
International Wake boarding results - Lake Karapiro More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 5 February 2004, 4:53 pm | Alastair Thompson
WAITANGI '04: Is Brash's Muddy Eye The First Step On A Road To Race Conflict? - WAITANGI '04: ZZZZzzzzt Reader Feedback - Telecom Makes $365 million After-Tax Six Month Profit - Back To Baghdad: UN Transition Team Off To Iraq - Stateside: The Ten ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 4 February 2004, 4:45 pm | Alastair Thompson
Commission Of Inquiry To Examine Police Rape Allegations - Price Of Stamps To Rise In April - Blair Follows Bush On WMD Intel Probe - ZZZZzzzzt Scoop Has Feedback - The Latest From Public Address More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 3 February 2004, 3:49 pm | Alastair Thompson
Save The Children: 16 Year-Old Girl Must Not Be Deported - Georgina te Heuheu Sacked From Maori Portfolios - SPECIAL REPORT: Rickards Stood Down As Rape Inquiry Reopened - $401.7 billion In Bush FY05 Defence Budget - Israel/Palestine: International Community’s ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 2 February 2004, 3:47 pm | Alastair Thompson
Senior Cops To Investigate Rape Claims Against Assistant Police Commissioner - Secret CTU Document Sparks Employment Law Furore - UN Elections Team To Travel To Iraq - Hard News & Keri Hulme Are There! - Stateside: Where Rosalea Elects Not To Attend ... More >>
