Featherston played a huge role in New Zealand's First World War effort. Two-thirds of the approximately 100,000 troops who served overseas trained in a camp at the edge of the town. Today was a milestone in the erection of a significant sculpture by Paul Dibble and Dame Patsy was on hand to turn the first sod at the site. The sculpture will commemorate the men who came to Featherston for training, and the community that did so much to support the men while they were there. The sculpture will be unveiled on 10 November.
