THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 15

TREES AND SHRUBS OF NEW ZEALAND

By A. L. Poole and Nancy M. Adams

275 p. 1979 fourth impression with amendments. $15.95 plus $1.50 p & p

This book has been designed especially to assist many people who lack a formal botanical training yet are deeply interested in New Zealand’s trees and shrubs and want to be able to identify them and name them correctly. There is a complete coverage of the native trees and shrubs and over 400 species have been illustrated.

5BX PLAN

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE

32 pp. 1981. Third Edition. $1.75 plus 55c p & p

The five basic exercises (5BX) Plan is designed to show how to develop and hold a high level of physical fitness. The scheme is not dependent on elaborate facilities or equipment. The exercises require only eleven minutes a day and can be done in the house or office. The Plan is significantly designed to develop personal fitness at a rate set by yourself, to your required level, without getting stiff or sore muscles. It is self measuring with charts for age groupings, along with graduated standards for checking progress. The programmes are designed for varying age groups of males.

NEW ZEALAND FOREST PARKS

Geoffrey Chavasse and John Johns

288 p. 1983. Illustrated. $42.95 plus $3.60 p & p

New Zealand Forest Parks is one of those books that you will reach for time after time to simply enjoy or to relive visits made, to plan visits to come. Each forest park is described in a separate chapter with photographs, text, maps, and charts to illustrate our nineteen forest parks, perhaps unrivalled for diversity and interest anywhere else in the world.

THE NEW ZEALAND WARS

By James Cowan

Vol. I. 466 p. Vol. II, 633 p. $69.50 plus $4.80 p & p

This book was first published in 1922 and reprinted without amendments in 1955. It has been out of print for many years. This edition has a new and perceptive introduction by Michael King and in addition the original seven page index has been replaced by a substantial and comprehensive index. This 1983 edition is called a facsimile edition because it is being reproduced from the original text. However, the introduction, index, and illustrations include alterations and improvements on the original.

THE LONG YARN OF THE LAW

By Fiona McMorran

80 p. 1983. $6.95 plus 85c p & p

Told through prose, verse, extracts from newspapers and diaries, and policemen’s recollections, the book takes the reader from those early colonial days to the modern police force of today. This inexpensive and easy to read history is a valuable aid for teachers and a source of continuing interest for children.

FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND SERIES

Volume I of Flora of New Zealand was the first major reference work on native plants in New Zealand to be published before 1925. It contains a comprehensive account of all the indigenous ferns and their allies, and the dicotyledonous flowering plants.

1133p. 1982 reprint. Hardcover. $45.00 plus $3.60 p & p

Volume II is a continuation of Volume I. The main descriptive text is similarly concerned with indigenous plants, including the monocotyledons.

386p. 1976. Hardcover. $6.75 plus 85c p & p

Volume III, which concerns the ‘weed’ flora describes the introduced wild plants belonging to the rush, lily, iris, arum, and related families.

254p. 1980. Hardcover. $18.50 plus $1.50 p & p

Flora of New Zealand Lichens is primarily an identification manual for the serious lichenologist. It also contains much information useful to the general botanist, student, and interested amateur.

662p. 1985. Hardcover. $39.95 plus $3.60 p & p

PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE IN NEW ZEALAND

David McGee

580p. 1985. $39.95 plus $3.60 p & p

Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand is a comprehensive and thorough documentation of the procedures and rules governing the way parliament operates. Parliamentarians, lawyers, academics, and citizens with an interest in the institution that governs this country will find Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand an informative and enlightening book—one that answers the often-asked questions about the practices of New Zealand’s Parliament.

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, 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:

• Fishing Methods and Devices of the Maori........ $15.95 plus $1.50 p & p
• The Stone Implements of the Maori........ $11.95 plus $1.50 p & p
• Maori Religion and Mythology I........ $18.00 plus $1.50 p & p
• Maori Religion and Mythology II........ $47.50 plus $3.65 p & p
• The Whare Kohanga and its Lore........ $5.75 plus $0.85 p & p
• The Maori Canoe........ $17.50 plus $1.50 p & p
• Games and Pastimes of the Maori........ $17.00 plus $1.50 p & p
• Maori Storehouses and Kindred Structures........ $15.00 plus $1.50 p & p
• Maori Agriculture........ $6.50 plus $0.85 p & p
• Forest Lore of the Maori........ $13.50 plus $1.50 p & p
• The Discovery of New Zealand........ $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.