search and field work, for this book is quite an achievement in amassing so much material in so short a time. By dealing with the situation in periods, she has made it easier for the reader to have a better appreciation of the Maori. Its interpretations as well as its original material, are going to influence the thinking of many people—not the least, other students of the Maori. In recent years there has been minor discussion over whether to use the double vowel, to leave things as they are, or to use the macron. Candidly, I am a little old fashioned, and my hackles rise whenever I see double vowels. The unusual thing about this publication. I found, was the author's use of the macron. At first it was a novelty, but when I finished reading, I found myself two hundred per cent in favour. The picture captions I found most acceptable. Nothing annoys me more than books with notes saying ‘so and so, a chief of such and such’. I personally feel that the author's almost cryptic technique is refreshingly different and I hope that other aspiring writers in future will follow her line. I am positive that the author does not claim that this publication is the ‘be all and end all’ on the Maori. Quite a lot of writers in the past appear to me to spend far too much time dealing with the ‘dead Maori’, Miss Metge doesn't do this but has got on with the job of describing with uncanny accuracy the doings of ‘living Maoris’. As I have mentioned earlier, the author is ‘with it’, and presents her material with admirable clarity. This publication goes a long way in sowing the much needed seeds of understanding. To be frank, I intended giving the book a thorough doing over. However, the more I read the more engrossed I became and was eventually won over. Well, Dr Metge, I must confess you have come a long way—or is it me—from the Kitemoana Street days where I endeavoured to mislead you by purposely giving half truths. You have nothing to thank me for, but I personally am thankful for your positive approach and indeed grateful that our paths have crossed in the past and no doubt will do so again in the future. The Maoris of New Zealand is indeed an outstanding contribution to New Zealand literary and historical works. I commend it to both Maori and Pakeha to enable them to have a better and clearer understanding, so that the averment made by Governor Hobson new REED BOOKS MAORI Ans Westra James Ritchie Ans Westra photography, sympathetic yet discerning, has captured the warmth and social unity of the Maori Dr. James Ritchie, author of the sociological study The Making of a Maori, is particularly concerned with the problem of the Maori's adaptation to an urban industrial existence. 11in × 9in—232 pages. Eight pages colour plates. More than 100 photographs. 63s 0d ($6.30). SELECTED READINGS IN MAORI Bruce Biggs Dr. Bruce Biggs, Assoc. Professor in the Anthropology Department, Auckland University, has compiled from a wide variety of writers and sources, an essential reader for all Maori students. Ideally suited to University and Secondary classes and W.E.A. groups. 15s 0d ($1.50) Available from All Booksellers Published By:— A. H. & A. W. REED Wellington — Auckland — Sydney