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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 128

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GENERAL PUBLICATIONS

CONSERVING NEW ZEALAND HERITAGE
By P. H. C. Lucas
94 p. 1970.
90c

In 1969 Mr Lucas went on a study tour of national parks and allied areas in Canada and the United States. On his return to New Zealand he wrote this report as a suggested guideline for national parks and reserves administrators. Many of the problems experienced by older countries could be avoided by a careful study of their mistakes and with this in mind Mr Lucas has concluded each section with a summary of lessons for New Zealand. Not only of interest to the general public but also to park administrators and planners, tourist promoters, historians, and archaeologists.

CHALLENGE FOR HEALTH
By F. S. Maclean, B.A., M.D. (CAM.), D.P.H. (N.Z.)
470 p., photo plates.
$2

In this interesting book the author describes the history of public health in New Zealand. Included is an account of the 1900 world pandemic of bubonic plague and its effects in New Zealand. After this epidemic the Department of Public Health was set up, and took independence from local authorities in the matters of public health. This book tells also of the improvements in sanitary conditions throughout the country and the attempts to improve the health of the Maori people.

CHILD ABUSE IN NEW ZEALAND
342 p.
$4.50

A report on a nation-wide survey of the physical ill-treatment of children in New Zealand. (Department of Social Welfare.)

CHOOSING A JOB
12 p.
20c

Although this booklet is primarily for young people leaving school, the advice it gives will be helpful to many others who are considering a new job. It discusses how to choose the right job; how to find out what the work is about; how to prepare for an interview, and what to do during the interview. (State Services Commission.)

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF NIUE
By W. R. Sykes (Botany Division)
N.Z. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH BULLETIN 200
321 p., 46 illustrations.
$5

The result of a botanical survey made on Niue Island in 1965 as part of a programme of DSIR assistance to the island administration. It is an up-to-date account of Niue’s forest, scrub, and crop species, and its weeds and ferns.

THE COURTS AND CRIMINAL PUNISHMENTS
Three lectures by Sir John Barry
91 p.
$1.50

Sir John Barry was Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 1947 to 1969. The lectures published in this book were prepared by him for delivery in New Zealand but illness prevented him from making the visit and the lectures have been published in the form in which he intended to deliver them.

CRIME IN NEW ZEALAND
A SURVEY OF NEW ZEALAND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR
417 p. 1974 reprint.
$6.50

In this study of crime, the object is to provide not only statistical information but to describe the administrative procedures and law. This book is not just a colourless official document. The authors compiled the text with the intention of making it interesting to all readers. A well balanced publication aimed at giving the reader a clear insight into law in New Zealand. (Department of Justice.)

CROWN COLONY GOVERNMENT IN NEW ZEALAND
By A. H. McLintock
475 p., illustrated. 1958.
$2.40

This book, which deals with a little known and understood period of New Zealand history, comprises three distinct sections, first, the Coming of Sovereignty; secondly, Men and Government; and thirdly, the Evolution of a Constitution. While this book will be of special interest to New Zealanders it will command a wider audience since it contains much that is new with respect to British colonial policy in the first half of the nineteenth century.

THE CURRIE REPORT: TEN YEARS LATER
By John L. Ewing
EDUCATION MAGAZINE NO. 6
49 p.
10c

This is a follow up to the Report of the Commission on Education in New Zealand after 10 years have lapsed, in answer to many questions still unanswered. It deals with trends, areas of concern, influences, and recommendations. (Department of Education.)