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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 7

TRAFFIC RESEARCH REPORT
NUMBERS 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16.
1975. No. 6, 30c; No. 7, 30c; No. 8 and 9, 45c; No. 10, 45c;
No. 11, 40c; No. 12 and 13, 60c; No. 14, 15 and 16, 80c.
A series of reports which present the results of investigations
into traffic safety and management problems.

Report No. 6 investigates accident occurrence at planned
off-street type shopping areas and the strip-development type
and compares the findings.

Report No. 7 deals with vehicle priority at uncontrolled
intersections.

Report No. 8 and 9 contains an analysis of fatal motor
cyclist accidents for periods of 1 year before and after
the introduction of the law which makes the wearing of safety
helmets compulsory.

Report No. 10, the role of alcohol in traffic accidents in
New Zealand, is reviewed and reference to relative data is
made. Alternative counter measures to the problem of drinking
and driving is examined.

Report No. 11. A month-long intensive traffic enforcement
programme was conducted in Christchurch. This analysis
review shows the effects on road users. In this publication it
also reviews the long-term effects of a similar programme con-
ducted in Hamilton City in 1973.

Report No. 12. The 50 mph limit was introduced in
December 1973 as part of the Government's fuel conservation
measures. In this report is a review of the first year's operation
of the 50 mph speed limit and its effects.

Report No. 13. Reviews the current organisation of traffic
safety research in New Zealand. It concludes by outlining
some of the implications for the medical profession.

Report No. 14. This report evaluates the effect alcohol has
on driving skills and the part played by alcohol in traffic
accidents. Also dealt with is the part played by engineers in
reducing the alcohol-involved accidents and other research.

Report No. 15. Is a general review of the roles that traffic
rules and their enforcement can reasonably be expected to
play in the field of road safety.

Report No. 16. The trends and patterns of injury traffic
accidents over the last two decades are traced and described
through tables and comments.

UNITED NATIONS HANDBOOK 1975
200 p. 1975
$3.60
Published annually by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, this handbook provides detailed information on the
present membership and activities of this world body, includ-
ing a summary of current New Zealand participation. (Minis-
try of Foreign Affairs.)

VISUAL AIDS FOR SPEAKERS
44 p., illustrated. July 1973. Reprinted 1975.
75c
This booklet will assist all who are engaged in public
speaking. How to use visual aids, how to select the right aid
for the occasion, how to present data graphically, and how
to involve people are only a few of the topics discussed by
the author in his booklet.

WAGE FIXING IN NEW ZEALAND
Edited by S. J. Callahan
136 p.
$2
One of the outstanding problems of present-day governments
is the development of means which not only assure to the
wage earner a fair share of national prosperity, but which
promote economic growth, financial stability, and industrial
peace. This demands of Government and its agencies a
continuing reappraisal of its machinery for wage bargaining
and of its wage-fixing policies. Series No. 14. (New Zealand
Institute of Public Administration.)

Price 30c

THE WAIMATE MISSION STATION
By M. W. Standish
52 p., 9 illustrations and plans.
70c
The Church Missionary Society's station at Waimate played
an important part in the development of New Zealand. Many
hundreds of Maoris were educated at the station which grew
into a village. The Vicarage and the Church of St. John
have been preserved and this is an account of the past
history of the station.

WAIRAKEI—POWER FROM THE EARTH
39 pages, illustrated.
90c
This booklet describes in an easy to understand form the
Wairakei Geothermal Project. The power generated from the
area contributes substantially to New Zealand's electricity
needs. This and other facts are described in this informative
publication. A must for those visiting the area.

WAR IN THE TUSSOCK
By Ormond Wilson
72 p. 10 illustrations, 6 maps and plans.
50c
The story of the Maori leader Te Kooti and his resistance to
the early settlers which finally ended when he escaped into
the King Country after he was defeated at Te Porere in 1869.

THE WHARE KOHANGA AND ITS LORE
by Elsdon Best
DOMINION MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 13
93 p. Reprint 1975.
$5.75
In this study of Whare Kohanga (the “Nest House”) is con-
tained data of baptism rites performed over infants of superior
families only, together with other cultural ceremonies applied
to infants of high birth. The information obtained was con-
tributed by members of the Ngati-Kahungunu tribe of the
North Island. The text has been retained in its original style
in the belief that these basic studies should still be readily
available without textural alteration.

CONTENTS

ADVERTISEMENTS .......................................................... 150
APPOINTMENTS .......................................................... 124
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES .............................................. 149
DEFENCE NOTICES .................................................... 122
LAND TRANSFER ACT: NOTICES .............................. 149
MISCELLANEOUS—
Corrigendum: Notice ................................................ 121
Counties Act: Notices .............................................. 133,136
Customs Tariff: Notices ........................................... 139
Forests Act: Notices ................................................ 134
Harbours Act: Notices ............................................. 134
Land Act: Notices .................................................... 133
Maori Affairs Act: Notices ....................................... 134
Post Office Act: Notice ............................................ 141
Public Works Act: Notices ...................................... 125
Regulations Act: Notice ........................................... 138
Reserve Bank: Notice .............................................. 144,148
Reserve Bank: Statement ........................................ 133
Reserves and Domains Act: Notices ........................ 137
Sale of Liquor Act: Notices ..................................... 138
Standards Act: Notice .............................................. 138
Traffic Regulations: Notices .................................. 138

PROCLAMATIONS, ORDERS IN COUNCIL, AND WARRANTS 121

BY AUTHORITY: E. C. KEATING, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1977