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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 36

A GUIDE TO POMPALLIER HOUSE
By R. M. Ross
32 p., 4 illustrations. 50c plus 35c p & p
Describes each room and the furniture in Pompallier House.

A GUIDE TO WAIMATE MISSION HOUSE
By J. M. Stacpoole
32 p., 12 illustrations. 75c
Describes each room and furniture in the Mission House.

HISTORICAL RECORDS OF NEW ZEALAND
Vol. I, 780 p., Vol. II, 650 p. $25 per set plus $3.00 p & p
The two volumes, edited by Robert McNab, were originally published in 1908 with the object of affording the fullest information obtainable concerning the foundation, progress, and government of New Zealand. This is a limited edition we have had only 1500 sets printed in Ochre Lionide with handsome black and gold blocking on the spine, coloured end paper, and dust jackets. There are still available sets of these valuable prestige volumes.

HONOURS, TITLES, STYLES AND PRECEDENCE IN NEW ZEALAND
CABINET OFFICE, WELLINGTON
215 p. 1977 $13.90 plus $1.25 p & p
Compiled and edited by Philip P. O’Shea, this book is an informative guide to Honours, Titles, Styles, Precedence and certain allied matters in New Zealand.
Contents: H.M. The Queen and Royal Family
Orders, Decorations and Medals
List of Holders of Honours and Awards in New Zealand
The Privy Council, The Title “The Honourable”
Peers and Baronets Associated with New Zealand
Foreign Honours, Order of Precedence
Styles and Modes of Address (written and spoken)
Miscellaneous.
An invaluable reference for those persons concerned with correct protocol in New Zealand.

INVESTMENT ISSUE
By Donald T. Brash, et al.
NEW ZEALAND PLANNING COUNCIL No. 16.
86 p. 1980. $6.75 plus 70c p & p
Recently, investment has been very low, compared with that prevailing from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. If we are to take advantage of the opportunities for development before us, there will have to be a resurgence of fixed investment for the next few years. It is needed in plant, machinery, and equipment for the development of our energy resources.

JOINT COMMITTEE REPORTS ON YOUNG OFFENDERS
1975.
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.

LAND ALONE ENDURES
DSIR Discussion Paper No. 3
286 p. 1980. $12 plus $1.25 p & p
This discussion document comes at the start of a decade of significant national development and, hence, of changes in land use. “Land use” like “Energy” will be of key importance during the 1980s as New Zealand moves to diversify its primary production, develop its resources of minerals and energy, and conserve its flora and fauna.

LAND USE POLICIES
STUDIES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: No. 21
185 p. 1976. $5 plus 45c p & p
Land Use Policies is an up-to-the-minute publication resulting from the NZIPA Convention of 1975. Contributors include the Hon. D. MacIntyre, then 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.

LIVING LETTERS
STATE SERVICES COMMISSION
36 p. 1980 reprint. $1.75 plus 45c p & p
One of the aims in letter writing is to get ideas across to the reader clearly and briefly. But do letters always say what is meant? Even if they are clear to the writer, will the reader understand them easily? If you are still using the old clichés of “acknowledging receipt of”, “according to our records”, and “enclosed please find” it is almost certainly time to change your attitude to writing living letters.

MAORI
By Witi Ihimaera
45 p. 1975. $1.20 plus 35c p & p
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
NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 9
315 p. 1976. $13.50 plus $1.25 p & p
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. 1974 reprint. $6.50 plus 70c p & p
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.