Kaleidoscope - Town Planning

Will it be a case of mirror, mirror on every wall?

– Heath Lees in his introduction

The Auckland shopping complexes are beginning to look a lot like the ones overseas, and I think they're really good.

– An anonymous Aucklander

Car parks are something that Aucklanders will see more of in the future.

– Reporter Terry Carter

It's serving the commercial interests of the city but it's doing nothing for the people at all.

– Auckland City Council Planning Committee Chairman Harold Goodman, on the increase in development

If the public has to lay down what it wants, it has to pay for it in terms of bonuses or allowances given by the council.

– Developer Jim Hart, from NZI

It's a very cheap way of building ... I regard mirror glass as almost the modern equivalent of corrugated iron as a finish.

– Interior designer (and cartoonist) Peter Bromhead