Made in New Zealand
From the NZ Listener, December 27. 1972
Section 7, a fictional series produced in the Northern Television studios is scheduled to begin the rounds of the channels in February Loosely based on the type of work done by New Zealand's probation service Section Seven has a regular cast three - Ewen Solon as a senior probation officer, Hugh Larking, Ian Mune and Glynis McNicoll as probation officers John Sitwell and Elizabeth Reynolds. The plots revolve around their work, the problems of people placed on probation and to a certain extent on the personalities and private lives of the officers.
For new programmes on the local scene include an industrial round-up series from Auckland, a pet programme, and a cabaret series using "outside" broadcast units, from Wellington
Mobile units also feature in Christchurch's plans for a folk series based on a Hagley Park folk festival. Dunedin proposes a sophisticated latenight entertainment series of six called Apple Sauce and a music hall series
All for the Gold is a half hour documentary looking at the pioneer period of Otago's gold rush. The Sounds and Shape of Praise explores the place of music in Christianity, with performances of music from pre-Renaissance to the present on authentic instruments for each period.
Pupuri Ra, from Northern Telvision, will feature Maori music. Among returning programmes are Happen Inn, Bunny Rigold's handy hints, Scrutiny, and In the Nature of Things with Ron Walton.
On the drawing board for Survey, extended to two 10-episode seasons, are topics such as gambling, marriage affluence, the legendary dolphin Opo, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, and the New Zealand of '42.
Studio One will also be back - With changes. New Faces and original song contests will be completely separate. The song section will be changed to 35 entrants in seven programmes, screened in the first half of the year to give songwriters a chance for Golden Disc nomination. The New Faces part of Studio One will screen later in the year. There's a good chance that Pukemanu's second series, whose script budget has been approved, will also make your screen in '72.
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