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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 107

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.

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 conducted 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.
Report No. 17. Evaluation of the New Zealand Compulsory Safety Belt Law— 70c

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.

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.)

WAYS WITH WORDS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
73 p. Illustrated. 1976. $3.25
Of special interest to public speakers, conference organisers, chairpersons, secretaries and writers. Outlines format of speech presentation, visual aids, and practical techniques for communicating effectively. Lively reading and most practical.

WEED CONTROL BY CHEMICAL METHODS
By L. J. Mathews
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES BULLETIN 329
710 p. Hard cover. 1975. $35
Possibly no subject in the whole field of agricultural technology has advanced as rapidly in recent years as that of chemical methods of weed control. This publication summarises and makes specific recommendations based on the experimental work conducted largely by the New Zealand Department of Agriculture. The book is divided into five sections:
Section 1—Principles of weed control and the uses of chemical weed killers.
Section 2—Supplies information on the control of many of New Zealand's worst weeds.
Section 3—Gives recommendations for the control of weeds in crops, pastures, and other specific areas.
Section 4—Described the chemicals and summarises their uses.
Section 5—Deals with application of herbicides.

THE WHARE KOHANGA AND ITS LORE
by Elsdon Best
NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 13
93 p. Reprinted. 1975. $5.75
In this study of Whare Kohanga (the "Nest House") is contained 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 contributed 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 textual alteration.

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Price $1.35c BY AUTHORITY: P. D. HASSELBERG, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1979