TY - BOOK AU - Nicolaidi, Mike, AU - Thompson, Eric. TI - The Featherston chronicles: a legacy of war SN - 1869502957 (pbk.) : U1 - 940.547293 21 PY - 1999/// CY - Auckland [N.Z.] PB - HarperCollins KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Prisoners and prisons, New Zealand KW - Prisoners of war KW - New Zealand KW - Featherston KW - Japan KW - Featherston (N.Z.) KW - History KW - Riot, 1943 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-235) and index N2 - The Featherson Incident , as it came to be known, was one of the most traumatic events in New Zealand's military history. In February 1943 a group of Japanese prisoners of war apparently mutinied in a camp at Featherson, in the southern part of New Zealand's North Island. Guards fired, and 48 prisoners were killed. But what really happened? ER -