Featherston
Featherston is a locality in New Zealand. Featherston is situated nearby to the locality Tauherenikau, as well as near Fernside.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Featherston prisoner of war camp and Featherston railway station.
Featherston prisoner of war camp
Historic site
Photo: RDMALB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Featherston prisoner of war camp was a camp for captured Japanese soldiers during World War II at Featherston, New Zealand, notorious for a 1943 incident in which 48 Japanese and one New Zealander were killed.
Featherston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Matthew25187, CC BY 2.5.
Featherston railway station is a single-platform, urban railway station serving the town of Featherston in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand. The station lies on the Wairarapa Line, between Harrison Street West and Harrison Street East.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Featherston and Tauwharenīkau.
Featherston
Town
Photo: Deano87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Featherston is a town in the South Wairarapa District, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is at the eastern foothills of Remutaka Range close to the northern shore of Lake Wairarapa, 63 km north-east of central Wellington and 37 km south-west of Masterton.
Tauwharenīkau
Hamlet
Tauwharenīkau is a rural locality and a statistical area in the South Wairarapa District and Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. The locality is on SH 2 about 5 km east of Featherston and 7 km southwest of Greytown by road, and the statistical area covers the Tauwharenīkau River valley and plain north of SH 53. Tauwharenīkau is situated 4 km east of Featherston.
Featherston
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Featherston Borough”
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.1167° or 41° 7′ southLongitude
175.3333° or 175° 20′ eastElevation
39 metres (128 feet)Open location code
4VCQV8MM+88GeoNames ID
2191174
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