3 NOVEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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MICROZONING FOR EARTHQUAKES EFFECTS IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
By T. L. Grant-Taylor, R. D. Adams, T. Hatherton, J. D. G. Milne, R. D. Northey, and W. R. Stephenson of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
BULLETIN 213
$8.50
61 p.
This report on earthquake microzoning is aimed at dividing extensive areas of Wellington into smaller zones and is intended as a guide only to planning of future redevelopment. The detailed studies of local geology and soil investigations have resulted in an Earthquake Microzone Map of Wellington. This map accompanies this publication. This report is the first one of a series. Later it is the intention to microzone other areas in the same way.

NATIONAL INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 1974–75
22 p. 1976.
$1
The national accounts record the value of goods and services produced by a community in a particular period and the way in which these are used. Within the accounts the flows of production and disposal of goods and incomes are analysed in ways to provide information on the inter-relationship between industrial and institutional sections of an economy and between an economy and the rest of the world.

NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETINS
By Elsdon Best
Government Printer, reprinted

Price
$ c.
No. 4. Stone Implements of the Maori ......... 11 95
No. 5. Maori Storehouses and Kindred Structures ......... 6 50
No. 6. Pa Maori, The ......... 15 00
No. 7. Maori Canoe ......... 17 50
No. 8. Games and Pastimes of the Maori ......... 17 00
No. 9. Maori Agriculture ......... 13 50
No. 10. Maori Religion and Mythology, Part 1 ......... 18 00
due 1977
No. 12. Fishing Methods and Devices of the Maori. ......... 5 75
No. 13. Te Whare Kohanga and Its Lore .........
due 1977
No. 14. Forest Lore of the Maori.

NATIONAL MUSEUM MONOGRAPHS
Elsdon Best (1856–1931), who was a member of the staff of the then Dominion Museum from 1911 to 1931, made a notable contribution to the study of Maori ethnology. After a lifetime of experience, including many years in close contact with the Maoris of the Urewera, he spent the last 20 years of his life writing particularly of the social customs and beliefs of the Maori people. There is still a demand for the many monographs written by Elsdon Best and the following titles have been reprinted without alteration to the original text (National Museum) :

No. 1. Some Aspects of Maori Myth and Religion. 43 p. $1
No. 2. Spiritual and Mental Concepts of the Maori. 57 p. $1
No. 3. The Astronomical Knowledge of the Maori. 80 p. 75c
No. 4. The Maori Division of Time. 51 p. ......... $1
No. 5. Polynesian Voyagers. 54 p. ......... $1
No. 6. The Maori School of Learning. 31 p. ......... $1
No. 7. Bibliography of Printed Maori to 1900 ......... $4.25
No. 8. Maori Houses and Food Stores ......... $3.75

NATIONAL PARKS OF NEW ZEALAND
178 p. Revised third edition. 1974.
$10.50
The revision of this popular publication has included numerous new colour plates and additional information on some of our parks. Because of the popularity of this book it is expected this edition will be in great demand. In addition to the book being an ideal souvenir for the overseas visitor it makes an ideal gift and also a valuable asset to anyone’s home library.

NELSON LAKES NATIONAL PARK
NELSON LAKES NATIONAL PARK BOARD HANDBOOK
87 p. 10 colour plates, 10 black and white and maps;
Revised, 1974
$2
This third edition of the park handbook revises some of the original contributions and includes reference to developments which have occurred since the last edition was published. In three parts the handbook gives general information,

describes the Rotoiti Lodge, discovery, sports and recreation, including walks, tramping, mountaineering, skiing, hunting; the weather and climate, geology, botany and zoology; and an appendix with a list of birds recorded during 1960–73; and a botanical key.

NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURE
287 p. 1974.
$7
This book describes the characteristic features of New Zealand farming and of the organisations associated with it. The comprehensive coverage contained in this publication is invaluable to students and those interested in the agricultural industry. (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.)

NEW ZEALAND AND THE ANTARCTIC
By L. B. Quartermain
269 p., illustrated. 1971.
$6.50
The sole aim of this book is to provide the general reader with a balanced and accurate, though necessarily condensed, account of the part which has been played by New Zealand in the discovery of Antarctica and the unveiling of its secrets.

NEW ZEALAND ARCHITECTURE
By Martin Hill, Department of Education 1976
44 p.
$1.25
Beautifully illustrated with colour and black and white photographs, sketches and diagrams this booklet shows the development of New Zealand’s architecture from the time of the first settlers—the early Maoris, to present day designs in housing and commercial buildings.

Ten sections include: The Pa and the natural environment; Materials and form; New colonial styles; Architecture of extravagance, Natural design; The new look.

NEW ZEALAND AT THE TURNING POINT
December 1976.
$4.50
Chairman, F. Holmes
Report of the Task Force on Economic and Social Planning. The group was established to prepare recommendations on the shape of a future planning mechanism for New Zealand, and to examine the main trends and issues to which such a body would have to give its attention. (Treasury.)

NEW ZEALAND ATLAS
Edited by Ian Wards
300 p. plus index, 1976.
Price $33 (with slip case $35)
This magnificent new atlas is a book of national importance. It is a major reference work which should be in the home of every New Zealander and on the shelves of every library.

Utilises maps, photographs, and texts to give a mine of information produced to high technical and professional standards.

Contains articles by leading authorities on:
Antarctica
Climate
Discovery of New Zealand
Farming
Fishing
Flora
Forestry
Geology
Geophysics
Government
Land Classification
Landforms and Resources
Manufacturing Industry
Mining
Pacific Islands
Population
Power Utilisation
Settlement
Soil
Tourism
Transport and Communication
Trade and Commerce

Is available through your local bookseller and PSIS outlets as well as Government Bookshops.