Inside stories : New Zealand POWs remember / edited by Megan Hutching with Ian McGibbon.

Cover subtitle: New Zealand prisoners of war remember.

"Presents a small sample of the experiences of the approximately 8800 New Zealand servicemen who were taken prisoner during the Second World War"--Page 12.

Includes bibliographical references (page 46).

Preface -- In the bag: New Zealanders in captivity during the Second World War -- Conversion table -- 'All you could think about was food' / Alan Jones -- 'The game's up / William Flint -- "The big distilling' / Peter Howden -- 'The Greeks were tremendous' / Robert Campbell -- 'Shot down over Berlin' / James Jackson -- 'Escape was the aim' / Henry Hickton -- 'The war for you is over' / Wesley Jack -- 'Alto i mani' / George trundle -- 'Ten days in irons' / Arthur Cowan -- 'One of the fortunate ones' / Eric Gallagher -- 'Out through the wire' / John Parfitt -- 'You had to have hope' / George Lochhead -- 'We'll build a boat' / Sydney Scales -- 'I couldn't believe it' / John Abel -- 'A tremendous place for rumours' / William Duncan -- 'It looked like Hell' / Eric Osboldstone -- 'They all wanted accordions' / Katherine M. Wood.

The Second World War saw one in 200 of the New Zealand population held in captivity by members of the opposing forces. Of these, most were captured early in the campaign, and most - over 7000 individuals - were army personnel.