Book lists

Plain English

Blamires, H. The Penguin Guide to Plain English. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 2000.

Cutts, M. Oxford Guide to Plain English. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

General

Cryer, M. Curious Kiwi Words. Auckland: HarperCollins, 2002.

Fugere, B, Hardaway, C, and Warshawsky, J. Why Business People Speak like Idiots: A Bullfighter’s Guide. New York: Free Press, 2005.

Martin, D W. Officespeak: The Win-Win Guide to Touching Base, Getting the Ball Rolling, and Thinking Inside the Box. New York: Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2005.

Miller, C and Swift, K. The Handbook of Non-Sexist Writing for Writers, Editors and Speakers. 3rd ed. London: The Women’s Press, 1995.

The Oxford Dictionary (a recent edition).

The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand English. 3rd revised ed. Edited by H W Orsman and revised by N Wattie. Auckland: Reed, 2001.

Watson, D. Death Sentences: How Clichés, Weasel Words, and Management-Speak are Strangling Public Language. New York: Gotham Books, 2005.

Write Edit Print: Style Manual for Aotearoa New Zealand. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service and Lincoln University Press, 1997.

Write Group Limited. The Write Style Guide for New Zealanders: A Manual for Business Editing. 2nd ed. Wellington: Write Group, 2004.

Māori

Māori Language Commission. Te Matatiki: Contemporary Māori Words. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Ngata, H M. English–Māori Dictionary. Wellington: Learning Media, 1993.
Or at: http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/ngata/

Ryan, P M. A Dictionary of Modern Māori. Auckland: Heinemann Educational Books, 1971.

Williams, H W. A Dictionary of the Māori Language. 7th ed. Wellington: GP Publications, 1992.

Internet

Harnack, A and Kleppinger, E. Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Resources. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2001.
Or at: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online