INTRODUCTION Commentators on Antipodean way of life have long identified a strong anti-authoritarian trait among Australians and New Zealanders. It is an attitude which perhaps first came under notice of outside world during course of two World Wars when Australians, and to a lesser extent New Zealanders, gained reputation of having little respect for military symbols of authority. Within Australia, anti-authoritarian attitudes have more recently been said to account for average citizen's view of the police as enemies, army officers as traitors to democracy... boss as a barely necessary evil and anyone who gives an order as deeply suspect.Because of Australian's hostility towards those in power over him, it has been claimed that between police and public are probably worse in Australia than anywhere else in world.2 No evidence has been provided to support this sweeping statement, but it is a view quite frequently expressed in Australia, and, in case of police-public relations in New Zealand, in that country as well. This book discusses a research project which sought, as its principal aim, to establish objectively and authoritatively both what Australasian public think of police and what police think about public. It begins by looking at important stages in development of Australian and New Zealand police forces with particular reference to placing in historical perspective many of present-day problems confronting police, and in particular, problem of establishing good relations with public. The remaining chapters of book discuss results of surveys carried out by authors on police-public relations and suggest methods of improving relations between two groups. General police organization and working conditions are also discussed when they bear on problem of police-public relations and police efficiency. This book is largely result of data generated from very substantial surveys carried out among citizens and police in Australia and New Zealand. Because such a large part of book is taken up with material gathered from thousands of interviews, it is important at this stage to mention conceptual framework followed by authors in conducting surveys…….