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Publications

+e-books
: Creation, Noah and Jonah
: Dangerous Saints
: Ministers in Secular Employment: a bibliographic review
: Most Distant Pilgrim - internet + CD
: Priests in Secular Employment - CD + internet
: Priests in Secular Employment - downloadable PDF
: The life, times and songs of Canon Wi Huata - internet + CD
Books
: Kahungunu 1975
: Multiple Choice Tests in Mathematics 1973
: Senior Level Computer Studies Problems and Projects, 1985
: Senior Level Computer Studies Problems and Projects, 1986
: Shaping Systems 1973
: Statistics Without Sums 1976
: Statistics Without Sums 1991
: Te Kawa o Ngati Kahungunu 1974
: Te Reo o Takitimu 1976
: The Information Machine 1974
: The Shape of Mathematics (with ONeill and others) 6 volumes, 1969-74
: Units in Mathematics (with ONeill and others) 30 titles, 1973-74
: Whakaria Mai:A Biography of Canon Wi te Tau Huata, 1994
: Wolfe-Spence Programming Aptitude Test, 1978
Conference papers
: East Coast Small Business Seminar
: Féderation Internationale des Langues Vivantes
: NZ Assn of Language Teachers
: NZ Assn of Scientific and Technical Communicators
: NZ Computer Society (x2)
: NZ Dental Association
: NZ Institute of Town Clerks and Municipal Treasurers
: NZ Mathematics Colloquium
: NZ Sister Cities
: Telecom Informatics Seminar
Journal articles
: Anglican Taonga
: Continuing Education in New Zealand (x2)
: Data Trend
: Delta
: Education (x2)
: Ministers-at-Work (x2)
: Music in the Air
: NZ Language Journal
: NZ Mathematics Magazine (x4)
: NZ Medical Journal (with Turner and others)
Multimedia scripts
: Basic for Micro Computers, 5 titles
: People and Computers
: The Automated Library

Creation, Noah and Jonah

Study resources for a study course in a rural parish of the Anglican Church. Currently off-line but available on CD from Te Kauri.
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Dangerous Saints

Study resources for a study course in a rural parish of the Anglican Church. The saints are David, James and Francis. The course is current and development of the on-line material is progressive and interactive.
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Ministers in Secular Employment: a bibliographic review

Repository of metadata associated with over 270 publications related to the subject of the title. Summaries are also provided for each one. The interface design is easily adaptable to other sets of bibliographic material.
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Most Distant Pilgrim - internet + CD

Subtitle: A Kiwi on the Camino. An account of one New Zealanders pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella, a journey on foot of 800 kilometres. Long text document with interactive map and linked image gallery of thumbnails. An accompanying CD contains the actual photographs, linked to gallery and text.
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Priests in Secular Employment - CD + internet

Interactive version of the text of the same title, presented as a read-only Word file on CD. The footnotes are linked to bibliographic summaries on the CD, but the user can opt to link instead to more current versions on the Web.
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Priests in Secular Employment - downloadable PDF

30,000 word research paper presented as a thesis for degree of Scholar in Theology.
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The life, times and songs of Canon Wi Huata - internet + CD

Current version of the text originally published as Whakaaria Mai. Continually updated, it contains the results of ongoing research. Has an image gallery of thumbnails with links to the text and to full sized images on CD. When copyright issues have been resolved the CD will also contain recordings of many relevant songs .
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Kahungunu 1975

Book published with Massey University, a systematic photographic study by Trevor Ulyatt of the house Takitimu in Wairoa, HB.
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Multiple Choice Tests in Mathematics 1973

Accompanying the Reed Mathematics Group successful textbook series, The Shape of Mathematics , these tests provide classroom teachers with a convenient set of end-of-chapter tests in consistent format. Published by Reed Education.
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Senior Level Computer Studies Problems and Projects, 1985

A schools textbook designed to fill the need for student exercises in the field of computer studies. It was widely taken up by distracted teachers trying to keep large classes usefully occupied during computer lab sessions.
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Senior Level Computer Studies Problems and Projects, 1986

A revision and extension of the work of the same title due to its popularity among NZ teachers of computer studies (and hopefully their pupils).
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Shaping Systems 1973

Textbook for computing in schools published by Reed Education. The second such publication in the history of computer education in NZ schools.
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Statistics Without Sums 1976

An innovative approach to introducing adult students to the mysteries of statistical method. It uses a series of precisely drawn charts to eliminate the more arcane calculations and ease the way to hypothesis tests.
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Statistics Without Sums 1991

A complete revision of the work of the same name to accommodate the much increased availability of computing power to social science students.
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Te Kawa o Ngati Kahungunu 1974

Book published with Massey University, the outcome of a conference organised by Masseys Department of University Extension on the tribal protocols of the Ngati Kahungunu tribe.
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Te Reo o Takitimu 1976

Booklet published with the Takitimu Historical Society to introduce newcomers to the kawa (protocols) of this marae.
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The Information Machine 1974

Commissioned by the School Publications Division and published by them. An introduction to the social impact of computers for adolescents in the days before PCs. Now a historical document.
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The Shape of Mathematics (with ONeill and others) 6 volumes, 1969-74

A major series of mathematics textbooks for New Zealand secondary schools. It met with enormous success and at one point enjoyed a market share of over 65 percent. The authorship by panel of five, six or seven authors (according to level) was led by Fr P.J. ONeill. Published by Reed Education.
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Units in Mathematics (with ONeill and others) 30 titles, 1973-74

Slim booklets of exercises to supplement the series Shape of Mathematics. Aimed at students of modest mathematical attaiment, for whom the main series appeared overly academic.
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Whakaria Mai:A Biography of Canon Wi te Tau Huata, 1994

Book published by Dunmore Press with financial assistance from the 28 Maori Battalion Association Historical Section, Department of Internal Affairs. Content originates with interviews with Canon Huata, his family, 28Bn veterans and members of the tribes Ngati Kahungunu and Tainui.
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Wolfe-Spence Programming Aptitude Test, 1978

A screening test for aspiring computer programmers. Includes innovative but simple nonverbal items similar to those used in some intelligence tests. Originally a co-publication with Dr Jack Wolfe (City University of New York) eventually sold out to him for his companys exclusive use.
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Féderation Internationale des Langues Vivantes

Joint address with Gail and a Power Point presentation (advanced for its day) at the Sorbonne. Argued the unique position of Pacific languages and the Polynesian dielects in particular. Considered to be the star event of the conference.
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NZ Sister Cities

Student Exchange: the Realities, to the Education stream of the International Sister Cities conference, Wellington 2006.
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NZ Medical Journal (with Turner and others)

A pioneering study of cardiac function among the healthy population. At the time it was a world first. Richards task was to provide statistical consultancy and computing power.
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People and Computers

An ambitious project for distance learning considering the limitations of the available technology. (Or maybe that was an advantage.) Famous for its central programming exercise: to print out all the words of all the verses of the song Ten Green Bottles.
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The Automated Library

Videotape presentation to accompany the opening of Napier Citys new computerised library.
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