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Scoop Top 30 Weekend Ratings - 11-12 March 2006
Monday, 13 March 2006, 12:05 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
The Weekend's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Arts Festival Review: James MacMillan Conducts
Sunday, 12 March 2006, 2:04 pm | Scoop Review
James MacMillan comes to NZ with a well-established reputation as a composer and conductor. Though this concert was entitled James MacMillan Conducts it was as much a feature for MacMillan's compositions as his (very impressive) conducting ability. More >>
Arts Fest Review: Instructions for Modern Living
Saturday, 11 March 2006, 2:31 pm | Scoop Review
"Bloody fiddly," muttered Nic McGowan towards the end of this two-man show, which features him and Duncan Sarkies on the rather large Soundings Theatre stage, each with their own forbidding tower of AV equipment. More >>
Arts Festival Review: Orchestra Baobab
Friday, 10 March 2006, 3:21 pm | Scoop Review
Orchestra Baobab are musical magpies. Their style typifies vintage "world/folk", combining the rhythms and riffs of a dozen cultures for a lively mix. While a cruisy Afro-Cuban sound predominates, there are geographic tints from every continent, Bollywood ... More >>
Arts Festival Review: Over The Rhine
Friday, 10 March 2006, 11:39 am | Scoop Review
Last night the Festival Club tent resounded to the winning talents of Ohio band Over The Rhine, which is built on the skilful musical partnership of pianist Linford Detweiler and singer Karin Bergquist, who are also husband and wife. Over The Rhine defies ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings - 9 March 2006
Friday, 10 March 2006, 9:55 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Arts Festival Review: Goldenhorse
Friday, 10 March 2006, 12:15 am | Scoop Review
With a pair of best-selling albums and a televised concert with a symphony orchestra to their name, Goldenhorse are the little New Zealand band that everyone should see performing live. The Festival Club’s pavilion is an ideally-sized venue, even though ... More >>
Arts Festival Review: Eva
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 4:47 pm | Scoop Review
The Opera House is packed and hushed. The huge orange curtain rises on a single seated woman (Eva) dressed in red and blue, listening to a scratchy old-fashioned gramophone. She dances a dance that seems to embrace her solitude, and then returns to sitting. More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings - 8 March 2006
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 9:37 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
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Scoop Link: Video Shows Harmeet Sooden Alive
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 3:10 pm | Scoop Link
A videotape of three of the four kidnapped Christian Peacemaker activists shows the men asking their governments and countries in the Gulf to work for their release. More >>
Arts Festival Review: Tower NZ Youth Choir
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 2:13 pm | Scoop Review
Roaring gales did nothing to deter the crowd who almost overflowed the Festival Club to hear the Tower New Zealand Youth Choir present a short musical journey around the world. Assistant musical director James Tibbles promised a programme of contrasts, ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings - 7 March 2006
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 11:03 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings - 6 March 2006
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 9:23 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
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Scoop Audio: PM Talks About CYFS – Yet More DBP
Monday, 6 March 2006, 6:22 pm | Scoop Audio
Scoop Audio : The assembled masses at today's press conference started proceeding by quizzing the Prime Minister on the subject of the re-structuring of Child Youth and Family Services (CYFS). Also discussed for the umpteenth time was cabinet minister ... More >>
Scoop Audio: New NZDF Chief Faces The Media
Monday, 6 March 2006, 5:54 pm | Scoop Audio
Today the Prime Minister Helen Clark and Defence Minister Phil Goff announced that Major General Jerry Mateparae will be the new chief of the New Zealand Defence Force, and be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General. More >>
Arts Festival Review: Colin Hemmingsen Quartet
Monday, 6 March 2006, 4:30 pm | Scoop Review
Under an imminent curfew at the Festival Club - dub-rockers Salmonella Dub were due to begin a set on the nearby outdoor stage - Colin Hemmingsen and his quartet played it safe during their well-attended afternoon jazz concert. While thoroughly ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Weekend Ratings - 4-5 March 2006
Monday, 6 March 2006, 10:02 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
The Weekend's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Arts Festival Review: Maori Showbands
Sunday, 5 March 2006, 1:53 pm | Scoop Review
The Maori Allstars are a tribute band put together especially for the festival. Musically directed by Manny Abrahams, the band, with backing singers Arthur Selwyn and Stephanie Hearfield, proceed to take on the Wellington Town Hall. More >>
Arts Festival Review: Bright Abyss
Sunday, 5 March 2006, 1:51 pm | Scoop Review
Bright Abyss is exactly the right show for this theatre, for both share a fantastic other-worldliness that is definably but immaterially early-twentieth century. When everybody smoked, in fact. Even the chilly drafts that seeped through the stalls ... More >>
Arts Festival Review: The Sharon Shannon Band
Sunday, 5 March 2006, 10:43 am | Scoop Review
Last night at the National Bank Festival Club, a packed house heard the Sharon Shannon Band's NZ debut, and no one would have been left without at least a foot tapping or a tune in their head. More >>
