NEW MAGAZINE FOR THE PACIFIC WORLD Pacific Viewpoint, published twice yearly by the Department of Geography, Victoria University of Wellington, £1 per year. Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1960 This Magazine covers a wide area, not only the Pacific Islands and New Zealand but also South East Asia and China. The first issue has not much New Zealand material, but there is an article ‘The Maori in Town and Country’ by J. Booth which brings together some results of recent research, and incidentally mentions Te Ao Hou's Auckland issue in some detail. The editor, Prof. Buchanan, contributes an excellent article on ‘The Changing Landscape of Rural China’ which gives an objective and most illuminating description of the way Communist China solved its enormous economic problems. I understand that future issues will have a slightly more New Zealand flavour; I certainly hope so. Although the first issue is of very high quality, there are many interesting local problems that can be studied by a paper of this kind which, although edited by a geographer, is much broader in its interests than the typical productions of the geographic professionals. E.G.S.

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JUST PUBLISHED MAORI LAND LAW By Judge Norman Smith The complexities of Maori land law and land tenure have long been a problem of considerable difficulty. The author, who is a Judge of the Maori Land Court, has now revised and considerably enlarged an earlier work to give, for the first time, detailed and comprehensive guidance on the subject. The book will not only be essential reading for all lawyers concerned with problems associated with Maori land, but will also be of great value to Maori leaders, administrators and landowners. 42s. FROM ALL BOOKSELLERS Published by A. H. & A. W. Reed, 182 Wakefield Street, Wellington