Scoop Editor Alastair Thompson is spending this week
half-way up Mt Ruapehu, the largest volcano in the central
volcanic region of New Zealand’s North Island. On arrival,
four of the major volcanoes in the North Island could be
viewed from the hut.
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.