2258

Maori Land Development Notice

Pursuant to section 332 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953,
the Board of Maori Affairs hereby gives notice as follows.

NOTICE

1. This notice may be cited as Maori Land Development
   Notice Rotorua 1973, No. 25.

2. The notice referred to in the First Schedule hereto is
   hereby revoked.

3. The land described in the Second Schedule hereto is
   hereby released from Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act

FIRST SCHEDULE

Date of Notice Reference Registration No.
13 February 1969 Gazette, 6 March S. 444763
1969, No. 13,
p. 432

SECOND SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
ALL that piece of land described as follows:
A. R. P.
587 1 30 Being
Waipupumahana A1B2 situated in Blocks XI
and XII, Horohoro Survey District. Partition
order dated 24 March 1965.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of October 1973.
For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs:
E. W. WILLIAMS,
for Secretary for Maori and Island Affairs.
(M. and I.A. H.O. 63/48; D.O. 2220)

Approved Wool-Marking Preparation (Notice No. 591 Ag.
3104)

Pursuant to sections 69 and 94 of the Animals Act 1967,
notice is hereby given that the wool-marking preparation set
out in the Schedule hereto (a product of Lumina Ltd.,
Waipahi, South Otago) is approved for sale and general
purpose use in marking wool on sheep.

SCHEDULE

BRIGHT LINE-Chalk-like stock marker, blue and violet.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of October 1973.
S. J. CALLAHAN,
for Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Plant Declared a Noxious Weed Under the Noxious Weeds
Act 1950 in the County of Otamatea (No. 594 Ag.
20649A)

Pursuant to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture
and Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fish-
eries Act 1953, for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds
Act 1950, the following special order, made by the Otamatea
County Council on the 23rd day of August 1973, is hereby
published.

SPECIAL ORDER

"THAT pursuant to section 3, Noxious Weeds Act 1950,
the Otamatea County Council hereby resolves by way of
special order that

Waterfern (Salvinia, all species)
is declared a noxious weed within the Otamatea County."

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of October 1973.
J. YUILL,
for Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

2259

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Environmental Impact Report Notified-Mount Tauhara
Television Transmitter

THE Commission for the Environment gives notice that it
has received an environmental impact report on the placing
of a television transmitting mast on Mount Tauhara, near
Taupo. Representations in writing on the environmental
aspects of the project, as it is explained in the report, will
be received at the office of the Commission, P.O. Box 12-042,
Wellington, until Friday, 30 November 1973.

Copies of the report may be obtained at radio station
IZA, Taupo, or from the Commission for the Environment,
53 Murphy Street, Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of October 1973.
J. M. BAMFORD,
Assistant Commissioner for the Environment.
(Env. 8/11)

No. 742

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

In the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and
in the matter of an application by the Comptroller of
Customs for a decision in respect of the book Super Star,
by Viva, published by Lancer Books, New York.

Mr Bathgate appeared on behalf of the applicant but
did not make submissions. Mr Taylor, the New Zealand
distributor appeared and made submissions.

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL

Super Star is a fact-fiction autobiographical account of a
young American girl's rise to stardom in the underground
movie world and of her introduction to the associated life-
style of drug taking and easy sex. While Viva accommodates
herself to the hip pop-culture, she does not fully accept the
values. Toward the end of the book she is accused of sound-
ing like the typical American housewife, when she cross-
examines her husband about his infidelities.

Viva's early life is recounted in a manner which suggests
drug-induced hallucinations and her experiences in the under-
ground movie world in the style of verbatim recording of
conversations between people. The style of writing is
extremely disconcerting and in some parts, the book is
extremely difficult to read. In order to follow the story a
great deal of concentration is required and this is likely
to limit its appeal.

There is an emphasis upon sexual activities and these are
described in language likely to be considered offensive by
some. Nevertheless, the book does offer a glimpse of a
particular life-style and the Tribunal is not disposed to reject
it completely.

The Tribunal classifies this book as indecent in the hands
of persons under the age of 18 years.

25 October 1973.
R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.

No. 743-744

Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal

In the matter of the Indecent Publications Act 1963, and
in the matter of a reference to the Tribunal under section 12
(1) of the said Act by the Magistrate's Court at Wellington
for a decision and report in terms of the said section in
respect of the publications Sexual Freedom, Issue 10,
published by the San Francisco Sexual Freedom League, and
Kiss, Vol. 4, No. 6, published by Far Out Enterprises, New
York.

Mr Taylor, a party to the Court proceedings appeared
and made submissions.

DECISION AND REPORT

These two publications are in newspaper format but come
within the definition of "book" under the Indecent Publica-
tions Act, and therefore are within the Tribunal's jurisdiction.
Both are published in the United States and are frankly
pornographic. The illustrations, the articles, and the advertise-
ments are, almost without exception, indecent within the
meaning of the Act.
The Tribunal classifies them as indecent.
25 October 1973.
R. S. V. SIMPSON, Chairman.