A couple of days ago we telegraphed your association requesting it to stop distribution and payment for the book "Sexuality', copies of which you will have received from NZUSA.

At the time of telegraphing the Dunedin Sexuality Group, which was responsible for the content of the book, had just discovered (quite by accident!) that some rather severe breaches of the agreement between the group and NZUSA had occurred. The bulk of the photos the group had included with the text were omitted and replaced with cartoons, without the consent or even notice of the group, and which the group sees as particularly tasteless. The cartoons, in the opinion of the group, have the effect of trivialising the content of the personal statements, thereby reducing the book from something intended to me moderately serious on the subject of sexuality to no more than titillating capping book material. The group feel it is in the best interests of the individual student that the topic of sexuality be treated in a sensitive and mature fashion. The publication as it now stands negates this. In addition, some parts of the text have been altered or omitted and the cover (which was expressly approved by constituents at August Council 1977) scrapped.

The Dunedin Sexuality Group is therefore requesting that NZUSA publish an apology and also a disclaimer on behalf of the group, which can be included in each copy. For these reasons we have asked your association to stop distribution until they receive this disclaimer