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Book 5: Through Gymnastics. $3 plus 55c p. and p.

Book 6: Through Movement and Dance. $3 plus 55c p. and p.

Book 7: Through Outdoor Education. $2.75 plus 55c p. and p.

Book 8: Through Recreation. $1.75 plus 55c p. and p.

Book 9: Planning for Fitness of Living. $2.45 plus 55c p. and p.

Set of nine books, $22 plus $3.60 p. and p.

FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND VOLUME III

By A. J. Healy and E. Edgar

220 p. 1980. $18.50 plus $1.50 p & p

Volumes I and II of Flora of New Zealand were concerned with native plants. The authors call volume III a "weed flora". The book is an identification manual, intended for agriculturists concerned with weed control, for botanists making vegetation surveys, and for anyone who needs to identify those weedy plants.

GAMES AND PASTIMES OF THE MAORI

By Elsdon Best

(National Museum Bulletin No. 8), 1976 Reprint

334 p. $17 plus $1.50 p & p

First published in 1925 this bulletin is one of the series originally written by Elsdon Best, and has been reprinted without textual alteration.

Elsdon Best described it as "An account of various exercises, games, and pastimes of the natives of New Zealand, as practised in former times; including some information concerning their vocal and instrumental music".

Includes an account of musical instruments and Maori song together with games and pastimes of a relaxing nature as well as those involved in ritual and training.

Contents include: Military exercises and games, Aquatic games, Children's games, Introduced games, Maori songs and Musical instruments.

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.

THE GEOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND

Edited by R. P. Suggate, et al.

820 p. 1978. $92.50 plus $4.80 p & p

The definitive work on New Zealand geology, this superbly produced 820-page 2-volume set has been written by some 38 specialists, under the editorship of three of New Zealand's most eminent geologists. The Geology of New Zealand is illustrated with over 370 photographs in colour and monochrome, and with more than 200 maps and line diagrams. A comprehensive supplement is included, incorporating all available new information up to the time of printing, together with five indexes.

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING IN NEW ZEALAND

By David A. Preston

108 p. 1980. $9.75 plus 85c p & p

This book will be of particular interest to those whose daily occupations bring them into contact with the Government financial system; notably Government officials, journalists, members of Parliament, accountants in business, and the general commercial community, as well as academics and students. The text has, however, also been written with the general reader in mind.

GROWING, SHARING, LEARNING

J. G. Jamson, Chairman

120 p. 1977. $3.95 plus 55c 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, organisation, and relationships.

Department of Education.

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.

MAORI AGRICULTURE

By Elsdon Best

NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 9

315 p. 1976. $13.50 plus $1.50 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 $1.50 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.)

THE MAORI AS HE WAS

By Elsdon Best

295 p. 1974 reprint. $6.50 plus 85c 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.