7 AUGUST THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2389

MATERIALS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND POTTER
by J. C. Schofield (N.Z. Geological Survey)
D.S.I.R. INFORMATION SERIES No. 118
$3.75
1977.
Describes the sources of clays in the local countryside and how to understand their suitability for ceramic purposes. Summarises the minimum geological knowledge necessary and the use of geological maps. Examines the main types of clay minerals and their properties, the types of clays available in New Zealand and the available natural glazes, frits, and oxides. Contains an index and references.
Well illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, and tables.

MAORI STOREHOUSES AND KINDRED STRUCTURES
By Elsdon Best
$6.50
116 p., illustrated. 1974 reprint.
As an authority on Maori culture, the author has compiled in this publication a comprehensive record on the use of the different storage structures, etc., used by the Maori in former times. By studying items pertaining to Maori technology it is hoped this will throw light upon many phases of the social life and customs hitherto unknown. This bulletin is No. 5 in the Dominion Museum Series.

METRICS FOR JOHN AND JANE CITIZEN
By James McGill Webb
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING SERVICE—DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR
50c
48 p.
As the name implies this book is written for use by the layman rather than the technician, the engineer, or the scientist. This book does not include conversion tables but rather relates to metric units and their use, comparisons of size, and includes a wide range of metric information. How big is a litre? What is a kilopascal? When will I use a centimetre? What will I buy in kilograms? Why is New Zealand going metric? If these and similar questions are causing you concern this book will provide the answers.

NEW ZEALAND FARM PRODUCTION AND MARKETING
Edited by M. J. Moriarty
$1.80
100 p.
The British application to join the European Economic Community has brought forcefully home to all New Zealanders the dangers that face an economy dependent upon a narrow range of export products and one principal overseas market. This book reviews the problems facing Government and agriculture that arise from these facts. Series No. 9. (New Zealand Institute of Public Administration.)

NEW ZEALAND HOUSEHOLD SURVEY REPORT 1976–77
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
$2.20
60 p. 1978.
This report on the household survey is the second volume to be published in New Zealand providing detail of the expenditure patterns of the New Zealand population.
The volume contains information relating to three years’ data collection.
Part A. 1 April 1976–31 March 1977.
Part B. 1 April 1975–31 March 1976.
Part C. 1 July 1974–30 June 1975.

MAORI
By Witi Ihimaera
$1.20
45 p. 1975.
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
$13.50
315 p. 1976.
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 CANOE
By Elsdon Best
NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 7
$17.50
451 p. 1976.
A reprinted edition without textual alterations and retaining the old Dominion Museum number. Another example of Elsdon Best’s dedicated effort to preserve Maori culture. The material presented on canoes, their materials, types, methods of construction, and associated artifacts make interesting reading for the layman as well as for scholars of the Maori. (Government Printer.)

THE MAORI AS HE WAS
By Elsdon Best
$6.50
295 p. 1974 reprint.
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.

THE NEW ZEALAND POLICEMAN
By J. F. Glynn
$4.25
92 p. 1975.
This book is the research essay prepared by Chief Inspector J. F. Glynn, of the New Zealand Police, as part of the requirements for the Diploma of Public Administration at the Victoria University of Wellington. The book deals with the developing role of the New Zealand Police within the social framework of a changing democratic society, and has been welcomed by magistrates, academics, and lay readers as filling an important gap in the available works on this topic. (New Zealand Institute of Public Administration.)

NUCLEAR POWER FACT FINDING GROUP REPORT
Chairman, M. M. Burns, D. 9.
$5.10
1977
Reports on the possible environmental consequences of a nuclear power production programme in New Zealand compared with possible alternatives.
Discusses pollution, including noise and thermal pollution, deterioration of visual amenities, and interference with ecosystems.

THE PAREMATA BARRACKS
By R. I. M. Burnett
70c
32 p., 9 illustrations.
Paremata Barracks were built during the Maori Wars when incidents reached down to Cook Strait during the early days of settlement in Wellington which was then Port Nicholson.