Featherston, New Zealand

Featherston, New Zealand

Infobox Settlement
name= Featherston
subdivision_type= Country
subdivision_name= flag|New Zealand
subdivision_type1= Region
subdivision_name1= Wellington
subdivision_type2= Territorial authority
subdivision_name2= South Wairarapa District
subdivision_type3= Ward
subdivision_name3= Featherston


mapsize= 180px
population_total= 2340
established_title= Founded
established_date= 1856
named_for= Isaac Featherston
timezone= NZST
utc_offset= +12
timezone_DST= NZDT
utc_offset_DST= +13
postal_code_type= Postcode
postal_code= 5710
area_code= 06

Featherston is a town in the south of the Wellington Region region of New Zealand. It lies in the Wairarapa, just north of the Rimutaka Tunnel, in the South Wairarapa District. The population was 2,340 in the 2006 Census.

The town is on the eastern side of the Rimutaka Range close to the northern shore of Lake Wairarapa. It is 37 km south-west of Masterton and 63 km north-east of Wellington.

History

The Featherston Military Training Camp was a major training camp in World War I. In World War II it became the Featherston prisoner of war camp. The town gained notoriety in 1943 when 122 Japanese Prisoners of War in the camp were shot (48 dead, 74 wounded), after guards believed they were about to be attacked by the prisoners.

Recreation and Sport

Featherston houses the world's only surviving Fell locomotive engine in the Fell Engine Museum. A popular local walking track leads to the summit of One Tree Hill (not to be confused with the One Tree Hill in Auckland).

Featherston has a rugby union football club and an indoor sports complex.

Education

There are two primary schools within Featherston; St. Teresa's School and Featherston School. Kahutara Primary and South Featherston School are nearby. Featherston once had a secondary school (Featherston District High School) that closed in the mid 1960s.

References

External links

* [http://www.diggerhistory3.info/featherston/ Featherston Military Training Camp, World War I (eText)]


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