Softcover, Auckland, N.Z. Heinemann in association with the Office of the Race Relations Conciliator, 1987 159 p.

The purpose of this book is to present the reader with some of the issues involved in the debate on language maintenance and retrieval. Particular stress is place on the Maori language and its needs - as this is a language which can only be nurtured from within New Zealand- but the problem of several other language communities are also discussed in detail.

Internally it is a clean and tight copy. The cover however is worn as can be seen in the picture. No inscriptions or markings.