THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 178

SPIRITUAL AND MENTAL CONCEPTS OF THE MAORI

Elsdon Best

57 pp 1986 reprint. $6.55 plus $2.20 p & p

This monograph, reprinted without revision, analyses the different concepts held by the Maori about the spirit and the mind. The material is very valuable and the concepts discussed in this particular monograph provide a deep insight into the social customs and beliefs of the Maori people.

MATERNITY IN DISPUTE NEW ZEALAND 1920-1939

Phillipa Mein-Smith

120 pp. 1986. $16.45 plus $2.92 p & p

This book looks at birth in New Zealand throughout the twenties and thirties.

Social attitudes, state control of medical care, and doctors' attitudes are examined. The areas looked at are: emphasis on the child at the beginning of the century, the personalites involved; maternal mortality; state improvement of antenatal care; hospitalisation; the role of doctors; interventionist obstetrics; painless childbirth; the relationship between the Health Department and the Obstetrical Society; abortion and contraception; toxaemia and antenatal care.

Written in a lively and readable style, this fascinating topic is opened to everyone interested in the history of birth in New Zealand.

WOMEN IN WARTIME

Compiled by Lauris Edmund

200 pp. 1986. $32.95 plus $5.50 p & p

This book brings together New Zealand women's written and oral reminiscences of their lives during World Wars I and II. Extracts from diaries and letters are also included. The reminiscences contain both humour and hardship, making this the sort of book impossible to put down once begun.

WHAT GRASS IS THAT?

N. C. Lambrechtsen

150 pp. 1972. Revised edition 1986. $10.95 plus $2.92 p & p

This well-known book has been revised to include a new identification key and four more cereals. It covers a selection of the more common and economically important species, and will be helpful and informative to all readers, irrespective of their botanical knowledge.

EDIBLE TREE NUTS IN NEW ZEALAND

P. B. Bull, D. Jackson and T. Bedford

72 pp. 1985. $16.45 plus $2.92 p & p

Interested in growing nuts or improving the quality of your trees? Macadamias, hazelnuts, pistachios and other edible nuts can all be grown in New Zealand. Edible Tree Nuts tells you all there is to know about climatic requirements, propagation, pests and diseases, yields, harvesting and many other aspects of nut growing.

This valuable and practical guide will help you whether you are a commercial grower, a potential commercial grower, or a home gardener.

HOME FRUIT GROWING IN NEW ZEALAND

Dale Williams

Hardcover: $38.45 plus $5.50 p & p
Softcover: $30.75 plus $5.50 p & p

256 pp. 1985.

This comprehensive guide to fruit growing has been prepared especially for the New Zealand home gardener. It replaces The Home Orchard, a very popular Ministry of Agriculture bulletin. Completely revised, it contains detailed and practical information on establishing and caring for a fruit garden, and provides guidelines for harvesting and storing fruit. Regardless of the space available, be it an orchard or a balcony, this guide to home fruit growing will provide you with valuable information, instructions and advice.

GROWING TAMARILLOS

W. A. Fletcher

27 pp. 1979. $1.65 plus $1.21 p & p

The tamarillo, or tree tomato, is a native of Peru and is grown in many parts of the world. However, the fruit is grown on a commercial scale only in New Zealand, where certain localities are particularly suitable for its propagation. This small book is crammed with information on growing, varieties, soil preparation, pest and diseases, harvesting, grading, packing, and storage.

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