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New Zealand is almost the perfect example of the `soc state', & does not offer a suitable arena for the development of pol'al debates. In fact, the New Zealanders prefer to watch sports spectacles rather than the discussions of pol'al groups. Nevertheless they participate extensively in the parliamentary elections. Local elections are less well participated in. The activities of the pol'al parties, of which the active members are many, but which are comprised of a very large number of passive adherents, are not, at least not at the local level, essentially pol'al as much as they are soc in nature. Opinion polls on newspaper editorials, on the extent of listening to radio lectures on pol'al matters, & the amount of participation in election campaigns indicate in diff to the major pol'al problems. An examination of participation in various kinds of private associations shows that New Zealanders, if they enjoy joining groups, do so mainly for the pleasure of joining rather than to achieve any specific goals. Tr from IPSA by J. A. Broussard.