TU TANGATA WANTS YOU

Tu Tangata, Issue 3, 1 November 1981, Page 31

TU TANGATA WANTS YOU

Tu Tangata welcomes contributions to the magazine, be they articles, letters or photographs. We want to know what interests you the reader and how we can share the interest. Tu Tangata wants to reflect the interests and opinions of a wide section of the Maori community and to do this needs readers’ support. We’re on the lookout for good photographs, stories, poetry and news items and to give a guideline of what we want, we’ve prepared some tips.

a. Copy (i.e. articles, stories, etc.) should be presented as follows: 1. Typed double-spaced. 2. One side of the paper only. 3. A margin of at least 1 inch either side. 4. Pages clearly headed and numbered. While final editorial checking will be done within Maori Affairs, due care should be taken by contributors to ensure that text is properly spelt, punctuated, etc., and that typing is

clean and legible. Typesetters and printers are almost always unfamiliar with Maori, so names, phrases etc. should be typed with particular care. b. Photographs should be black and white glossy prints: colour prints do not reproduce very well when printed in black and white for the magazine. All photographs should whereever possible, be fully captioned, e.g. identifying venue, occasion, full names of people, etc.

1. Be specific about dates, places and names. 2. Remember that the kind of language used for official reports may not be suitable for a magazine. Readers are reading for entertainment as well as for information. 3. Conversely, avoid being overchatty or using slang. 4. Paragraphs and sentences are best kept reasonably short. For further information or advice, contact the Editor, Philip Whaanga at Maori Affairs 720-588, ext. 27