762 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 26

GROWING, SHARING, LEARNING
J. G. JOHNSON, Chairman
120 p. 1977. $3.95 plus 45c p & p
The Report of the Committee on Health and Social Education
which was set up in 1976 to:
(a) Identify the conditions under which healthy growth
and development may be fostered in schools.
(b) To make recommendations on the studies and activities
that should constitute school programmes, organisa-
tion, and relationships.
Department of Education.

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 RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY PART 1
By Elsdon Best
NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 10
424 p. 1976. $18 plus $1.25 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 AGRICULTURE
By Elsdon Best
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 CANOE
By Elsdon Best
NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 7
451 p. 1976. $17.50 plus $1.25 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.)

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 know-
ledge 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.

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 pre-
sented 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 Depart-
ment.)

MOA-HUNTER PERIOD OF MAORI CULTURE
ROGER DUFF—CANTERBURY MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 1
436 p. 3rd edition, 1977. $17.50 plus $1.25 p & p
This book deals with the most important site yet investigated
and in its discussions it traverses most of the New Zealand
archaeological field.
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 grave, 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.

NATIONAL PARKS OF NEW ZEALAND
178 p. Revised third edition. 1974. $10.50 plus $1.25 p & p
The revision of this popular publication has included
numerous new colour plates and additional information on
some of our parks. Because of the popularity of this book it
is expected this edition will be in great demand. In addition
to the book being an ideal souvenir for the overseas visitor
it makes an ideal gift and also a valuable asset to anyone's
home library.

CONTENTS

Price $1.90 BY AUTHORITY: P. D. HASSELBERG, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1982