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Under His Camera
publication that probably is ualled anywhere in the world second edition of Leo Whites orial New Zealand”—is to hand. WHITE, of Auckland, is one ,f the world’s pioneer aerial jhotographers. As a craftsman, as an ardent New Zealand ot he applied himself years ago ie’ task of photographing the e of New Zealand from the air, nbling his air photographs so make a comprehensive picture; then publishing the result in a of a large size, most beauti printed on over 400 pages. iis book has become one of the :anding souvenirs with which Zealanders greet each other, their friends oversea. Within its -indexed pages you may find a p clear photograph from the air racticaly every city, town, town and settlement in the Dominion. >r example, the writer of this *w found without difficulty the ote valley in an isolated section Southland, New Zealand, where vas born. is an expensive bopk —but ite’s enterprise in taking and sifying these pictures, their -rb reproduction in fine print and the beautiful binding com > to make it a “must” for any ;on interested in New Zealand. nother recent publication of in >st to Pacific Islands readers is o Zealand’s Tropical Provinces ,
pages of first-class photographs
text concerning the Cook Islands, e and the Tokelaus. t is a product of the NZ Gov ment Tourist and Publicity De tment, Wellington, and it is free, turally enough, there is nothing
in the booklet likely to show the NZ Islands’ administration in a critical light, but there is nothing too blatant about its propaganda, either, and the publication can stand on its own feet as a useful little booklet that anybody would be pleased to possess, whether familiar with those particular islands or not.
As an intelligent publicity job it reflects a great deal of credit on NZ’s Publicity Division, and on the Island Territories’ Department— which are both organisations that seldom miss an opportunity to do some neat public relations work on Scuth Pacific matters. In that re gard they do a far better job than either the Australian News and In formation Bureau or Australian De partment of Territories—as Aus
tralia may one day realise to its C ° S New Zealand’s Tropical Provinces includes a short bibliography, and a directory of Government and council officers in the Islands.
Mr. Leo White.