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OPEN JUSTICE
A Guide to Information Within the Department of Justice
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

88 p. 1982. $3.50 plus 55c p & p

Produced jointly by Brian Priestley and the Department of Justice, this publication is intended to capture and hold the reader's attention and facility to ready referencing of the subject covered. It does this admirably in being a guide to the information available to the public within one of New Zealand's most important and complex Government departments, as well as a booklet which is likely to be read and considered by many people interested in the campaign for more openness in government.

WAYS AND MEANINGS
A Guide to Interviewing Pacific Islanders
STATE SERVICES COMMISSION

8 p. 1981. $1.00 plus 40c p & p

This booklet is intended as a guide for those whose work involves interviewing, for various purposes, recent Pacific Island migrants to New Zealand.

WHO MAKES SOCIAL POLICY?
N.Z. PLANNING COUNCIL

60 p. 1982 N.Z. Planning Council. Paper No. 20.
$5.25 plus 85c p & p

This report is largely descriptive and interpretive. It reaches conclusions, but stops short of making recommendations for improvement. It is believed that its analysis and conclusions will be useful to many people concerned with social policy, inside and outside the Government system.

THE BOAT OWNER'S GUIDE TO CORROSION
by L. H. Bolton
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

31 p. 1982. Illustrated. D.S.I.R. Info. Series No. 155
$4.25 plus 55c p & p

Much has been written about marine corrosion and its mitigation and yet the same problems and many old misconceptions still seem to persist. This booklet aims to assist the boat owner to identify the basic types of metallic corrosion, to understand their causes and the procedures that should be followed to avoid corrosion situations from developing in the first instance.

THE STATE IN BUSINESS:
Public Enterprise in New Zealand
By Jeanette Johnson and Adrienne von Tunzelmann

83 p. 1982. N.Z. Planning Council. Paper No. 15.
$5.95 plus 85c p & p

The authors' main aim is to present a framework for exploring questions prevalent in current public debate, such as the justification for government involved in enterprise, the scope for private sector provision, and efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability in public enterprise.

THE PATH TO REFORM
Edited by C. Burns

219 p. 1982. $15.75 plus $1.50 p & p

The Path to Reform, derived from the 1981 Convention of the New Zealand Institute of Public Administration is about the path to administrative reform in the State Services in New Zealand. It continues the exploration of the States Services begun in "State Servants and the Public in the 1980's" and continued in the "Accountability of Executive." Like its predecessors, "The Path to Reform" reads like a Who's Who of New Zealand public administrators.

DIMENSIONS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR 1960-1981
By Mervyne J. Pope

90 p. 1982. N.Z. Planning Council. Paper No. 16
$6.00 plus 85c p & p

Mervyne Pope presents and discusses some new data series designed to give a broad overview of the nature and extent of public sector involvement in the New Zealand economy. Subjects include Government as a Tax Collector; As a Spender; As a Producer; As a Provider of Household Incomes; Composition of Government Non-Market Sector Expenditure; What Government Provides; Organisational Form; Funding-Current Activity; Capital Formation, and Capital Funding.

NEW ZEALAND ATLAS OF COASTAL RESOURCES
Edited by Philip Tortell

28 p. 1981. Illustrated. Coastal Maps. $29.50 plus $3.00 p & p

Encased in its own sturdy and attractive cylinder, the Atlas will be of interest to all those who use the coast to work and play, and is of particular value to students and teachers, engineers, planners, scientists, fishermen, boat owners, divers, marine farmers, and many other people interested in coastal resources.

MANPOWER PLANNING IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
STATE SERVICES COMMISSION

51 p. 1981. Discussion Paper No. 1. $3.95 plus 55c p & p

‘Manpower planning’ is a term which has a wide and rather ill-defined meaning. This report, addressed to the central question: “What is manpower planning?”, opens with the philosophy of manpower planning, what it is, its aims and objectives. This is followed by a discussion of what is involved in forecasting the supply and demand for people and skills in the public service. The essentials of departmental manpower is then discussed followed by a chapter devoted to the practice of career development and concluding with a statement on the future development of manpower planning in the public service.

AFTER WORK
STATE SERVICES COMMISSION

36 p. 1982 reprinted. $3.50 plus 55c p & p

Written and produced in the Training and Development Branch Office, of the State Services Commission, this booklet asks ‘Have you made preparations or plans for retirement?’ It includes information on Public Service Retirement Policy; finance; where to live; health and adjustment; names of organisations which may be of interest and a list of books and articles written about retirement.

THE SURRENDER AND OCCUPATION OF JAPAN
Edited by Robin Kay
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS

1782 p. 1982. $75.00 plus $4.80 p & p

This is the second of a series of three volumes of documents on New Zealand’s external relations: the first, “The Australian - New Zealand Agreement 1944”, this volume “The Surrender and Occupation of Japan” which covers six divisions of the period, selected by topic but dealt with chronologically within topics, and reveals the growing awareness amongst those responsible for a New Zealand policy of what New Zealand’s interest actually were; the third volume, “The ANZUS Pact and the Treaty of Peace With Japan”, not yet published, will show something of the new order of things in the Pacific and the difficulties in the role of a small, though articulate, power in the formation of what in fact were Great Power policies.

PEOPLE LIKE US
Celebrating Cultural Diversity

120 p. 1982. Illustrated. $18.95 plus $1.50 p & p

People Like Us is a story of the contribution made by people from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Pacific to our neighbourhoods. It contains stories which are told by individuals and families on their reasons for coming to New Zealand; what they found and how they are coping. Subjects range from mixed marriages to different foods. It is a book of human interest for all the family and with its striking photographs, 25 monochrome, and 23 colour, People Like Us will make a lovely and interesting gift for overseas friends.

ELECTRICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE
N.Z. TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE

260 p. 1981. Illustrated. $22.50 plus $3.00 p & p

First published in 1977, this 1981 revised edition of Electrical Theory and Practice has been written by the staff of the Technical Correspondence Institute to assist in the education of apprentices and others in the electrical trade. In scope it covers the syllabus content up to and including the trade certificate or registration examination. The text is supported by over 350 illustrations.