South Featherston School

South Featherston School is a school in South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington which is located on South Featherston Road. South Featherston School is situated nearby to Abandoned Swimming Pool, as well as near Tauherenkau River Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Featherston prisoner of war camp and Featherston railway station.

Historic site

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 prisoner of war camp is situated 2½ km north of South Featherston School.

Railway station

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. Featherston railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of South Featherston School.

Library

Featherston Library is situated 3 km northwest of South Featherston School.

Nearby places include Tauwharenīkau and Featherston.

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 3 km northeast of South Featherston School.

Town

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. Featherston is situated 3½ km northwest of South Featherston School.