11 MAY THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1401

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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GENERAL PUBLICATIONS

TRANSPORT STATISTICS 1974
(Department of Statistics) 1976
74 p. $2

Contains detailed statistics on the transport system as a whole. The four categories of Shipping, Railways, Road Transport and Aviation statistics are now subdivided into their respective sections with each section carrying its own introduction and separate table number sequence.

TRUCK OPERATING COSTS
1976 EDITION, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS DIVISION
27 p. 75c

This bulletin sets out the estimated costs of operation for various types of motor vehicles in New Zealand, ranging from 3–5 ton petrol trucks to 24 ton heavy articulated diesel trucks. The two tables for light vans and pickups previously included in the 1975 bulletin are now shown in the 1976 edition of "Car Operating Costs". Both bulletins will be published at 31 March each year and can be purchased from the Government bookshops.

UNDERSTANDING LAKES
GOVERNMENT PRINTER
38 p. 1976 $3.95

This booklet was prepared jointly by Ministry of Works and Development and D.S.I.R. The foreword is written by Bruce W. Spooner, Chairman of the Water Resources Council. Well illustrated with coloured photographs and diagrams, covers the geological origin and general characteristics of lakes, the processes of lake ecosystems and lake problems. Outlines how private citizens and Government bodies can together prevent and solve problems relating to lakes and their environment. A bibliography is listed. A very useful booklet for schools and all concerned with understanding and preserving New Zealand's beautiful lakes.

VETERINARY SURGEONS IN NEW ZEALAND
VETERINARY SURGEONS BOARD OF NEW ZEALAND
88 p. 1976 35c

Lists the names and classification of the persons registered under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1956 and the persons entitled to use the title or description of Veterinary Practitioner, as at 30 June 1976.

VITAL STATISTICS 1974
75 p. 1976. $2

Presents statistics of births, deaths, and marriages which are of significance in relation to demographic influences on both economic and social developments in the community.

Can be used as a basis for various important studies.
(Department of Statistics.)

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.)

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.

TE REO RANGATIRA
By S. T. Karety
197 p., illustrated. 1974. $4.50

A textbook for students of the Maori language written in the "Tuhoe" dialect. Its subject is contemporary Maori life with those aspects of the Maori heritage which prevail in it. This book is intended for advanced fifth formers and the sixth and seventh forms.

TE TAUTOKO 8, HE KEI AKU RINGA 60c

TE WHAREKURA No. 27 AND TE WHAREKURA No. 28 AND No. 29
1976 45c each

Three new additions to this interesting and popular Maori reader series. (Department of Education.)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN NEW ZEALAND
REPORT OF THE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, APRIL 1977
302 p. $4

This commission was established in June 1976 to advise on developments in telecommunications including broadcasting and other technical fields involved in modern communications.

New developments arising from the evolving technologies could have such a profound effect that matters of national economics, and social considerations would assume considerable importance.

This report will contribute to a better understanding of the place of telecommunications in New Zealand.

TOWARDS PARTNERSHIP
By T. H. McCombs
112 p. 1976. $2.80

Report of the Committee on Secondary Education which was set up to consider:
(a) The progress of the Secondary Education Review.
(b) Desirable developments in secondary education.
(c) Ways of ensuring close co-operation between schools and their parents and communities.

Contains 17 sections including a summary of recommendations.
(Department of Education.)

TRAFFIC RESEARCH REPORTS
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-