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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 90

ELECTRICITY FOR MOTOR MECHANICS
N.Z. TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE
256 p. 1983 reprint. Illustrated. $10.00 plus 85c p & p
Now in paper-back, this popular publication provides a basis for the study of automotive electricity for apprentice motor mechanics. Car owners, too, and persons interested in the general maintenance of motor engines will find the book a reliable guide to the detection and remedy of minor electrical faults.

VISUAL WAYS
By Geoff Moss
46 p. 1982. Illustrated. $4.75 plus 55c p & p
Too often people find themselves having to speak in public, to train new employees, to teach various skills, or to give advice on arranging displays and exhibits without having had any relevant basic training. If you are such a person, this book was written to help in getting a message across more effectively by using visual aids.

WHERE TO START
By Vincent Burke
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
61 p. 1982. Illustrated. $5.95 plus 85c p & p
This publication has been designed to help New Zealanders in the initial stages of getting a club, group, or organisation off the ground. The information it contains will be of assistance to a wide variety of different community groups, sporting, cultural, and recreational clubs. Included are suggestions for various administrative frameworks; legal structure, meetings, public relations, finance, and the constitution of the organisation.

THE ELSDON BEST COLLECTION
Elsdon Best spent some twenty years in close contact with the Maori people. His writings, outstanding descriptive accounts of all facets of the old time Maori culture, social customs, and beliefs, have now become classics. The Elsdon Best collection consists of the following titles:

The Maori as He Was................................................... $6.50 plus $0.85 p & p
Fishing Methods and Devices of the Maori.................. $11.95 plus $1.50 p & p
The Stone Implements of the Maori.......................... $18.00 plus $1.50 p & p
Maori Religion and Mythology I............................... $47.50 plus $3.65 p & p
The Whare Kohanga and Its Lore............................ $7.50 plus $0.85 p & p
Maori Religion and Mythology II............................. $17.50 plus $1.50 p & p
Games and Pastimes of the Maori........................... $17.00 plus $1.50 p & p
Pa Maori, The......................................................... $15.00 plus $1.50 p & p
Maori Storehouses and Kindred Structures............... $6.50 plus $0.85 p & p
Maori Agriculture................................................. $13.50 plus $1.50 p & p
Forest Lore of the Maori....................................... $17.95 plus $1.50 p & p

SAFETY IN SMALL CRAFT
By Captain G. Wearing
241 p. 1982. Illustrated. $14.50 plus $1.50 p & p
This rewritten edition of Safety in Small Craft is an attempt by the Small Boat Safety Committee to ensure that the information so essential to good boating is once more available in an up-to-date form.

ABOUT NEW ZEALAND
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
40 p. 1982. Illustrated. $4.95 plus 55c p & p
Designed with our overseas friends in mind, About New Zealand is a booklet which briefly describes the land, its people at work, and play, trade, and relationships with other nations and areas: industry and energy; health and welfare. The text is complimented by over 60 colour photographs.

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 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 are 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.

PERSON TO PERSON
STATE SERVICES COMMISSION
13p. 1981. $1.50 plus 40c p & p
This book is a guide to your role in public relations and covers techniques that will help you establish good relations between your organisation and the public.