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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 7

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

Below we list some selected publications, including recent releases. These are among the wide range of Government publications available from the following Government bookshops:

The Government Bookshop, 130 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch
Private Bag
Telephone 797 142

The Government Bookshop, T. and G. Building, Princes Street, Dunedin.
P.O. Box 1104
Telephone 78 294

The Government Bookshop, Housing Corporation of New Zealand Building, Rutland Street, Auckland.
P.O. Box 5344
Telephone 32 919

The Government Bookshop, Barton Street, Hamilton.
P.O. Box 857
Telephone 80 103

The Government Printing Office, Mulgrave Street, Wellington, Private Bag Telephone 737 320.

The Government Bookshop World Trade Center, Cubacade, Cuba St., Private Bag Telephone 849 572.

The Government Bookshop, Rutherford House, 21 Lambton Quay, Telephone 726 145.

GENERAL PUBLICATIONS

RESEARCH ON WOMEN

We offer a selection of publications published by the Research on Women in New Zealand (Inc.). The role of women in the social structure is changing appreciably and these publications outline the changes that are taking place.

Career, Marriage, and Family ....... $2.00
Changing Role of Women (Waikato) ....... $0.50
Child Care in a Wellington Suburb ....... $2.50
Employers’ Attitudes: Working Opportunity for Women—Report of a New Zealand Survey 1971 ....... $4.00
Introduction to Social Research ....... $0.50
Solo Mothers ....... $1.50
The Unmarried Mother ....... $4.00
Urban Women ....... $1.20
Why Employ Women ....... $3.00
Women’s World: Houses and Suburbs ....... $3.00

RURAL LAND ADMINISTRATION IN NEW ZEALAND

Edited by J. Bruce Brown

128 p. $2

The subject-matter of this book is an important contribution to the record of land administration in New Zealand. It is recommended to all who have an interest in the problems associated with the management of rural land for in it will be found a practical and informed appraisal of the complexities of rural land administration. Series No. 12. (New Zealand Institute of Public Administration.)

SAFETY IN THE MOUNTAINS

A HANDBOOK FOR TRAMPERS, SKIERS, STALKERS, AND MOUNTAINEERS
By Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand

120 p. 1971 reprint. 75c

A pocket-size book with emphasis on what constitutes safe practice. The purpose of this booklet is to try to prevent mountain accidents. Advice is given on how to act should accidents occur, so the best possible help may be given to any who may be injured. The contents of this booklet should be known by all when organising and carrying mountain expeditions through.

SAMUEL BUTLER AT MESOPOTAMIA

By Peter Bromley Maling

66 p., 22 illustrations, 2 maps. 75c

A record of all that is known of Butler’s home in the Forest Creek Valley and at Mesopotamia where he formed the nucleus of his sheep station.

SCENIC RESERVES OF CANTERBURY

By L. W. McCaskill

34 p., illustrated. 1974 $1.35

The Department of Lands and Survey, under the 1892 Land Act, was charged with the specific task of scenery preservation. In the following 10 years, 265 reserves of various kinds, covering an area of 31,047 hectares, were made under the 1892 Land Act. Today there are 963 scenic reserves, with a total area of 277,480 hectares, plus 55 reserves for the preservation of flora and fauna, with an area of 187,997 hectares throughout the country. The Canterbury reserves cover an area of 15,268 hectares; this book consists of information on the different scenic areas, with photographs of the various reserves within this area.

SCENIC RESERVES OF OTAGO

26 p. 1975 $1.50

Written by L. W. McCaskill for the Department of Lands and Survey this little booklet provides us with a short description of the scenic reserves of the Otago Land District. Illustrated with full page photographs of some of the beauty spots of the area. (Department of Lands and Survey.)

SCHOOL MATHEMATICS—BOOK 1

316 p. Reprinted 1975. Part A: $2.60 Part B: $2.75

This book has been printed in two volumes and builds on the work of the infant classes and provides a programme based on the mathematics syllabus for New Zealand schools. (Department of Education.)

SHADOW OF THE LAND

By Ian Wards

422 p. 1968. $6

The title for this book was provided by Nopera Panakarero, a Kaitaia chief of much influence, who, in May 1840, believed that only the “shadow of the land” had gone to Queen Victoria whilst the substance remained with the Maoris. Less than a year later he revised this opinion convinced that only the “shadow” would be the Maori portion.

The author examines the British acquisition of New Zealand. The Maoris trust in the Treaty of Waitanga and their confidence that its terms would be honoured and explains it was only by accident that the Maoris were guaranteed the possession of their lands and ancient privileges.

It is under these circumstances that the book considers the use of military force in New Zealand, analyses the arguments surrounding the provision of troops and concludes that, beyond any reasonable doubt, that there was never an attempt to govern by “moral suasion”.

New Zealand followed the normal nineteenth century British pattern of territorial acquisition.

The book is an essential introduction to the Maori wars of a later date.