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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 8

JOINT COMMITTEE REPORTS ON YOUNG OFFENDERS

Resulting from a major longitudinal study into the social adjustment of New Zealand boys, the following reports seek to answer the question: “To what extent is it possible to predict from specific information collected at the age of ten those boys who will later become delinquent or show other signs of maladjustments.”

RESEARCH REPORT No. 1
$2.75

The Structure of the Bristol Social Adjustment Guide.

RESEARCH REPORT No. 2
$1

The Effects of Race and Socio-Economic Status on Juvenile Offending Statistics.

RESEARCH REPORT No. 3
$3

The Prediction of Juvenile Offending: A New Zealand Study.

JOURNAL OF ENSIGN BEST
Edited by Nancy M. Taylor

465 p. Illustrated. 1966.
$4.50

Although intended as a personal record for his family, Ensign Best’s journal is a delightful account of his sojourn in Australia, Norfolk Island, and New Zealand. A random selection from the journal yields descriptions of hunting trips and picnics in New South Wales, viceregal balls in Sydney, a bachelor’s party on Norfolk Island, pig hunting in the Wairarapa, the first race meeting in New Zealand, sailing on Auckland Harbour, the death and burial of Governor Hobson, and an expedition from Auckland to Taupo.

LAND USE POLICIES
STUDIES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: No. 21

185 p. 1976.
$5

Land Use Policies is an up-to-the-minute publication resulting from the NZIPA Convention of 1975. Contributors include the Hon. D. MacIntyre, now Minister of Maori Affairs and Agriculture; the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Ministers of Agriculture, Forests, Lands, and Science for the previous Government; the Commissioner for the Environment; the Assistant Director-General of Lands; the Head of the Urban Research Unit of Canberra; and many others. Topics range from land tenure systems to the history of the development of land use policies to the public acquisition of land for urban development. To assist readers each contribution is accompanied by a short summary. In addition most are also followed by a commentary and an edited record of the convention discussion of the paper.

LIFE ON THE ROCKY SHORE
By Gavin Dann

SECONDARY SCHOOL BULLETIN

79 p. 1976.
$1.05

A handy and well illustrated booklet. Introduces the young explorer to the fascinating plant and animal communities of our rocky shores. A most useful addition to the school, public, or home library. (Education Department.)

MAORI
By Witi Ihimaera

45 p. 1975.
$1.20

A colourful booklet describing the coming of the Maori to New Zealand, his history, heritage, folklore, beliefs, and cultural unity.

Each chapter has a quotation from a Maori proverb, phrase, saying, or canoe chant and these concepts are presented in words and pictures.

Continues with the arrival of the pakeha and the pattern of events which followed, the Treaty of Waitangi and the Land Wars. Moves on to the Maori today, finishing with the theme, one country, two heritages in unity.

Well illustrated with 64 coloured photos, of interest to all New Zealanders and tourists. (Tourist and Publicity Department.)

MAORI AGRICULTURE
By Elsdon Best

NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 9

315 p. 1976.
$13.50

The only comprehensive study of Maori agriculture available, this bulletin adds a further volume to the series of Elsdon Best’s works which the Government Printer undertook to reprint preserving the original text and bulletin numbers. I recommend this book and the series as a whole; to collectors, archaeologists, and to those studying the prehistoric economy of the Maori people. (Government Printer.)

THE MAORI AS HE WAS
By Elsdon Best

295 p. Reprint. 1974.
$6.50

Fifty years of public demand since this book was first published resulted in the need for reprints in 1934 and 1952. The text has been reproduced unchanged but the originals of some of the figures could not be traced and these have been replaced with similar illustrations. There have been many advances in our knowledge of Maori life since this book first appeared. The work of numerous ethnologists, and more recently archaeologists, has critically examined many of the earlier concepts, confirming some, disproving others, and altering others to varying degrees. No one has yet produced a synthesis of the results of all this scholarship and there is still nothing as comprehensive as this book of Best’s to give a general account of the Maori. This book was first published when Best was 68 and thus represents the accumulated knowledge of a lifetime. It has now become a classic introduction to Maori life. Its continued availability should help the reader to obtain a basic background to old time Maori life which can be extended by further reading.

CONTENTS

ADVERTISEMENTS ———— 281

APPOINTMENTS ———— 258

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES ———— 279

LAND TRANSFER ACT: NOTICES ———— 279

MISCELLANEOUS—
Climatological Table ———— 271
Commerce Act: Notice ———— 270
Corrigendum ———— 255
Customs Tariff: Notices ———— 266
Fire Service Act: Notice ———— 264
Marriage Act: Notices ———— 259
Milk Act: Notice ———— 265
Misuse of Drugs Act: Notice ———— 262
Plant Varieties Act: Notice ———— 267
Post Office Act: Notice ———— 261
Public Works Act: Notices ———— 259
Regulations Act: Notice ———— 278
Reserve Bank: Statement ———— 265
Reserves Act: Notices ———— 262
Sale of Liquor Act: Notices ———— 261
Schedule of Contracts: Notices ———— 277
Tobacco Board Election Regulations: Notice ———— 264

PROCLAMATIONS, ORDERS IN COUNCIL, AND WARRANTS ———— 255

Price 75c
BY AUTHORITY: E. C. KEATING, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1979