▁colle agues ▁included ▁book b inder ▁I vor ▁Robinson . ▁ ▁He ▁continued ▁binding , ▁though ▁less ▁consist ently , ▁until ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁when ▁failing ▁eyes ight ▁forced ▁him ▁to ▁give ▁up ▁the ▁craft ▁and ▁return ▁to ▁sculpt ure ▁and ▁drawing . ▁ ▁Mans field ▁returned ▁to ▁New ▁Zealand ▁following ▁his ▁ret irement . ▁Though ▁largely ▁living ▁in ▁England ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁adult ▁life ▁he ▁visited ▁New ▁Zealand ▁frequently ▁and ▁maintained ▁contact ▁with ▁New ▁Zealand ▁friends ▁and ▁artists , ▁thinking ▁of ▁himself ▁as ▁“ a ▁New ▁Ze al ander ▁through ▁and ▁through ”. ▁ ▁Between ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁plans ▁were ▁made ▁for ▁a ▁book ▁about ▁Mans field ▁to ▁be ▁published ▁by ▁Ian ▁and ▁Joy ce ▁V ig or ▁Brown , ▁own ers ▁of ▁the ▁V ig or ▁Brown ▁Gallery ▁in ▁Nap ier . ▁A ▁text ▁was ▁commission ed ▁from ▁anth rop ologist ▁Ter ence ▁Bar row , ▁Brian ▁Bra ke ▁photograph ed ▁Mans field ' s ▁sculpt ures , ▁Mans field ▁wrote ▁a ▁text ▁about ▁his ▁life ▁and ▁approach ▁to ▁his ▁work , ▁and ▁the ▁Governor - General ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁Sir ▁David ▁Be att ie ▁contributed ▁an ▁introduction . ▁The ▁book ▁never ▁reached ▁publication ▁but ▁a ▁slightly ▁edited ▁version ▁of ▁Mans field ' s ▁text , ▁with ▁Bra ke ' s ▁photograph s , ▁was ▁printed ▁in ▁the ▁journal ▁Art ▁New ▁Zealand ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁In ▁the ▁text , ▁on ▁the ▁topic ▁' The ▁Import