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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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EGMONT NATIONAL PARK
Edited by J. S. Tullett
114 p. 1980. Fourth edition.
$4 plus 55c p & p
This inexpensive publication that can easily be carried about, provides information that will help many people to understand and appreciate the values of Egmont National Park. This information covers such varied aspects as the plants and vegetation, animals, birds and insects, Maori history, the weather, volcanology, tracks, mountaineering, tramping and skiing.

FACSIMILES OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI
1976.
$12.95 plus $1.50 p & p
A valuable volume of old New Zealand records comprising: The Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand. The original draft of the Treaty by Governor Hobson. A series of copies of the Treaty itself as finally adopted and signed by the chiefs and witnesses. The preface and facsimiles are reproduced from lithographic originals first printed 1877. (Government Printer.)

FISHING METHODS AND DEVICES OF THE MAORI
By Elsdon Best
Dominion Museum Bulletin No. 12
264 p.
$15.95 plus $1.50 p & p
Another in the series of the Best publications it has been reprinted without revision so that the basic studies may be accessible in the original style. This particular bulletin still remains the only comprehensive account of most aspects of Maori fishing. The descriptions of methods employed in fishing given here are still quite basic for any future studies in this field since no first-hand observations can now be made. The detailed fishing methods outlined are accompanied by descriptions of the artifacts used, together with associated chants, magic formulae, special observances, and fishing lore.

GLASSHOUSE TOMATOES
Agriculture Bulletin 3370
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
86 p. 1978.
$3.25 plus 55c p & p
The present text replaces earlier editions of the bulletin. Important factors to consider when establishing a tomato-growing glasshouse, are lighting, soil type, site, water supply, shelter, and proximity to a market. These as well as general cultural practices are dealt with in this bulletin.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF NEW ZEALAND FOSSILS
DSIR Information Series No. 150
109 p. 1981
$5.50 plus 85c p & p
The book is a guide to the identification of the fossils of the major time intervals currently recognised in the marine sedimentary rocks of New Zealand. Most of the fossils illustrated are marine macrofossils, that is, those that can be seen by the human eye.

LIVING LETTERS
STATE SERVICES COMMISSION
36 p. 1980 (reprint).
$1.75 plus 55c 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 cliches 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.

THE MAORI CANOE
Dominion Museum Bulletin No. 7
By Elsdon Best
451 p. 1976.
$17.50 plus $1.50 p & p
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.)

MAORI RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY PART 1
Dominion Museum Bulletin No. 10
By Elsdon Best
424 p. 1976.
$18 plus $1.50 p & p
An account of the theory of the universe and its creation, study of the origin of man, religious beliefs, rites, magic and folklore of the Maori people of New Zealand. First published in 1924, reprinted without textual alterations and retaining the original bulletin numbers. (Government Printer.)

MAORI STOREHOUSES AND KINDRED STRUCTURES
By Elsdon Best
116 p., illustrated. 1974 reprint.
$6.50 plus 85c p & p
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.

MOA-HUNTER PERIOD OF MAORI CULTURE
Roger Duff—Canterbury Museum Bulletin No. 1
436 p. 3rd edition, 1977.
$17.50 plus $1.50 p & p
A chance discovery in 1939 by a 13-year-old boy revealed the grave of a chief in the gravels of the Wairau boulder bank. The gravel, goods, and bones of the ancient chief, prone in his gravel grave, with skull directed towards the setting sun, spoke with more authority regarding his race than the distorted memories of Maori tradition. Although scholarly and technical, the book sustains throughout the drama of this archaeological discovery, and recreates from the evidence of bone and stone the life of our first Polynesians in the Moa-hunter period of Maori culture.

DOMINION MUSEUM BULLETINS
By Elsdon Best
Government Printer, reprinted

NETBALL
Revised—A Guide Book for Teachers, Coaches, and Players
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
58 p. 1978
$2 plus 55c p & p
Netball is a spectacular exciting game which is played and enjoyed in many countries both by the very young and the more experienced and mature international players. To obtain the utmost enjoyment it is essential that each player becomes skilful in the techniques and tactics of the game and to know and understand the rules. While the publication is specially designed to assist teachers, coaches and players in schools, people interested in netball at all levels should find the material contained in this booklet of great assistance.