- 1998 edition. 246 pages.
- Publisher. The Wyvern Press
- Softcover. Format B. B/w photos. Indexed
- Condition. Good. A crease on front cover.
This is the second work by Walter Christie. Treaty Issues was his first, written against what he saw as 'the huge and elaborate Maori and Treaty of Waitangi edifice created on fallacious and unwise grounds.'
A Race Apart goes further, confirming that race separatism was never intended, the Treaty of Waitangi became obsolete once effective government was established and that ethnic and other forms of evolution have also acted to make the present political direction sadly wrong. As well, the chapters relate the vital century and a half since Hone Heke (he being the first to take up arms against the government) the narrative all the way set against the colorful backdrop formed by the passing political scene. We are enabled, era by era, to witness the leaders on parade, together with their aspirations, their problems and the surprises they encounter.
Overall, but contrary to present political fashion, the author's conclusion is that race separatism, re-tribalization and cultural de-hybridization were not intended in 1840, have never been wise, are not valid now and, the public having been enticed down a race-separatist by-way, it is time for new leaders to reclaim parliament to put matters right.
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