Small town to the north of Wellington.

Featherston POW Camp
This POW camp was the site of a riot on February 25, 1943, when 240 rebelious POWs inside the No 2 Compound refused to go on work detail. The incident was planned by Lt(jg) Adachi Totaro, and sat down in protest in the camp. Firghtened New Zealand guards opened fire on the protesters. When it ended, one New Zealander was dead (Private Wattie Pelvin), and 48 Japanese POWs dead and many wounded. Adachi Toshio survived, was repatriated to Japan where he was to become a minister and visited Featherston in 1986 on a missions of remembrance and goodwill.

References
The Featherston Chronicles tells the story of the riot.