For Want of a ShillingThe mysterious Russian invasion hoax that shook colonial New Zealand. New Zealand, January 1873, in a sparsely populated coastal community on Wellington's south coast, the peaceful lives of Owhiro Bay residents were shattered with the discovery of two brutal and senseless murders. Under cover of darkness the Russian warship, Petropavlovsk, crept unseen into the quiet bay and sent six men ashore all veteran English speaking Marines. Their mission, to