The Reserve Bank
Building in Wellington adjacent to Parliament was evacuated
this morning and Bowen Street and the bottom of the Terrace
blocked to all traffic and pedestrians after a bomb
scare.
According to Wellington Police the scare began
about half an hour ago.
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.