Scoop Images: Kapiti & Wairaka

Friday, 23 April 2004, 1:02 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

Autumnal views of Kapiti Island and Wairaka Rock at Pukerua Bay north of Wellington (Click images for wallpaper sized versions), pictures by Alastair Thompson.

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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.

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