1. Auckland is having a building boom with a record number of sites having been cleared and now under construction. But there seems to be little control over the environmental of aesthetic qualities. This programme looks at the effects of demolition and new building, with the criticisms, and suggestions for what should be done. High Rise, or High Risk? Participants are: Peter Bromhead (Interior Designer); Vern Warren (Director of Planning, Auckland City Council); Harold Goodman (Chairman, Planning Committe, Auckland City Council); Colin Graham (Property Manager, AMP); Seph Glew (Property Manager, Chase Corporation); John Whitehead (Managing Director, Mainzeal); Jim Hart (Property Manager, NZI Investments); Ian Carter (Sociologist); Ollie Newland (Businessman); Ivan Mercep (Architect); Professor Bartlett (Architecture School); Mike Prichard (School of Town Planning). -- 2. Composer Andrew LLoyd Weber's "Requiem" album, released this month in New Zealand, has already made the charts the world over. The track "Pie Jesu' has a video to go with it. It was made as a tribute to the Sussex Rescue Service and their work at the time of the Brighton Hotel bombing. -- 3. New Zealand composer Jack Body's "Little Elegies" was commissioned by Television New Zealand for its 25th birthday.

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