Government Publications and Books




23 JULY

TIMBER PRESERVATION IN NEW ZEALAND
Prepared by the Timber Preservation Authority.
20 pages.
Price 1s. 6d.

STUDENTS' FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND
AND OUTLYING ISLANDS
By T. W. KIRK, F.L.S.
406 pages, bound in cloth.
Price 24s.

NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL PARKS
32 pages, illustrated.
Price 3s.

FIRE SERVICE DRILL BOOK
FIRST EDITION 1957
140 pages, illustrated.
Price 2s. 6d.

ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION
This well-illustrated, easily read book, written by Dr T. O. GARLAND, should be in every office, factory, and home.
52 pages, illustrated.
Price 3s. 6d.

NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL FILM LIBRARY
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
1958 CATALOGUE
16 MM FILMS
Price 13s.

JUNIOR FICTION
Prepared by the School Library Service
Price 3s. 6d.

NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK 1958
1,344 pages, illustrated.
Price 15s.

POCKET DIGEST OF NEW ZEALAND STATISTICS 1959
328 pages.
Price 3s. 6d.

HOUSING THE CITIZEN
Although this publication is issued primarily as a guide for local authorities, it contains information of value to all who are interested in housing.
64 pages, illustrated.
Price 3s. 6d.

HOME OWNERSHIP—HOW TO ACHIEVE IT
This booklet is a successor to Your Own Home—How? Nos. 1 and 2, and presents in revised form up-to-date information regarding low-cost houses of a conventional type more acceptable to lending institutions, together with a selection of fourteen new house designs.
36 pages, illustrated.
Price 2s. 6d.

MECHANICS OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE
(THEORY AND PRACTICE)
This copiously illustrated 364-page authoritative book is strongly recommended by the N.Z. Motor Trade Certification Board.
364 pages, illustrated.
Price 21s.

CARPENTRY IN NEW ZEALAND
A new easy-to-follow book written with the guidance of the New Zealand Building Industry by men well versed in the building practice of this country. It contains sections on tools, plans, timber construction, concreting, etc.
An excellent gift for the do-it-yourself handyman.
242 pages, 406 illustrations, strongly bound.
Price 35s.

FARM ENGINEERING
By A. W. RIDDOLLS
A most informative book dealing with levelling, drainage, irrigation, water supply, the building of woolsheds, loading ramps, haybarns, cowsheds, silos, fences, gates, and other farm structures.
442 pages, 235 illustrations.
Price 42s.

BRIDGE MANUAL
This manual has been prepared as a guide to departmental engineers, draughtsmen, surveyors, and overseers employed on highway bridge design and construction.
340 pages.
Price 30s. Post free.

STANDARD PLANS FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGES
Folder No. 2. February 1959.
Price 42s.

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
Consultative Committee Report 1958
112 pages.
Price 3s. 6d.

POST-PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Report of the Committee appointed by the Minister of Education in November 1942.
90 pages.
Price 2s. 6d.

A DICTIONARY OF THE MAORI LANGUAGE
By HERBERT W. WILLIAMS
Sixth edition, revised and augmented under the auspices of the Polynesian Society.
532 pages.
Price 35s.

THE MAORI TO-DAY
48 pages.
Price 5s. 6d.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1025

THE NEW ZEALAND WARS
AND THE PIONEERING PERIOD
By JAMES COWAN
Vol. I. 1845-1864.
472 pages, illustrated.
Price 45s.

Vol. II. The Hauhau Wars, 1864-1872.
560 pages, illustrated.
Price 45s.

THE MAORI AS HE WAS
By ELSDON BEST
296 pages, illustrated.
Price 20s.

MAORI HOUSES AND FOOD STORES
By W. J. PHILLIPPS
212 pages, illustrated.
Price 18s.

THE MOA-HUNTER PERIOD OF MAORI CULTURE
By ROGER DUFF
400 pages, illustrated.
Price 55s.

ECONOMICS OF THE NEW ZEALAND MAORI
By RAYMOND FIRTH,
Professor of Anthropology in the University of London.
520 pages.
Price 50s.

TE AO HOU (THE NEW WORLD)
Published Quarterly by the Maori Affairs Department
Annual subscription 7s. 6d.
Price 2s. per copy.

POMPALLIER
THE HOUSE AND THE MISSION
Compiled by J. R. COLE,
Assistant Librarian, Alexander Turnbull Library
44 pages, illustrated.
Price 2s. 6d.

THE FRENCH AT AKAROA
By T. LINDSAY BUICK
420 pages illustrated.
Price 12s. 6d.

TASMAN AND NEW ZEALAND
A Bibliographical Study
By E. A. McCORMICK
72 pages, illustrated.
Price 7s. 6d.

WEST COAST REGION
(National Resources Survey, Part I)
Compiled by the Town and Country Planning Branch, Ministry of Works.
180 pages, plus 7 maps, profusely illustrated.
Price 35s.

THE COMING OF THE MAORI
By RODERICK FINLAYSON
Price 1s. 6d.

THE COMING OF THE PAKEHA
By RODERICK FINLAYSON
Price 1s. 6d.

THE COMING OF THE MUSKET
By RODERICK FINLAYSON
Price 1s. 6d.

THE GOLDEN YEARS
By RODERICK FINLAYSON
Price 1s. 6d.

THE RETURN OF THE FUGITIVES
By RODERICK FINLAYSON
Price 1s. 6d.

CHANGES IN THE PA
By RODERICK FINLAYSON
Price 1s. 6d.

CHANGE IN THE VALLEY
By GEOFFREY NEES
Price 1s. 6d.

TE TIRITI O WAITANGI
By R. M. ROSS
Price 1s. 6d.

FROM KENT TO WELLINGTON
PART ONE
By MICHAEL TURNBULL
Price 1s. 6d.

FROM KENT TO WELLINGTON
PART TWO
By MICHAEL TURNBULL
Price 1s. 6d.

OIL
By JAMES K. BAXTER
Price 1s. 6d.

SAWMILLING YESTERDAY
By RUTH DALLAS, illustrated by JULIET PETER
Price 1s. 6d.

BOTANICAL DISCOVERY IN NEW ZEALAND
THE VISITING BOTANISTS
By W. R. B. OLIVER
Price 1s. 6d.

BOTANICAL DISCOVERIES IN NEW ZEALAND
THE RESIDENT BOTANISTS
By W. R. B. OLIVER
Price 1s. 6d.

ACTION AND WORD IN SHAKESPEARE
By S. MUSGRAVE
Price 1s. 6d.



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21 names identified
  • T. W. Kirk (F.L.S.), Author of Students' Flora
  • T. O. Garland (Dr), Author of Artificial Respiration
  • A. W. Riddolls, Author of Farm Engineering
  • Herbert W. Williams, Author of Dictionary of Maori Language
  • James Cowan, Author of New Zealand Wars
  • Elsdon Best, Author of Maori as He Was
  • W. J. Phillipps, Author of Maori Houses and Food Stores
  • Roger Duff, Author of Moa-Hunter Period
  • Raymond Firth (Professor of Anthropology), Author of Economics of the New Zealand Maori
  • J. R. Cole (Assistant Librarian), Compiler of Pompallier
  • T. Lindsay Buick, Author of French at Akaroa
  • E. A. McCormick, Author of Tasman and New Zealand
  • Roderick Finlayson, Author of multiple historical titles
  • Geoffrey Nees, Author of Change in the Valley
  • R. M. Ross, Author of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
  • Michael Turnbull, Author of From Kent to Wellington
  • James K. Baxter, Author of Oil
  • Ruth Dallas, Author of Sawmilling Yesterday
  • Juliet Peter, Illustrator of Sawmilling Yesterday
  • W. R. B. Oliver, Author of Botanical Discovery books
  • S. Musgrave, Author of Action and Word in Shakespeare

  • Timber Preservation Authority
  • Department of Education
  • Maori Affairs Department
  • Ministry of Works