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Celebrating the Polish – New Zealand Story
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Polish migrants left their mark
In the years following the arrival of Europeans in Aotearoa, immigrants began to fill the southern islands from all corners of the globe. Among them were the Poles.
PHOTOS: CHRISTINE O’CONNOR
The Polish Orphans
The story of the Polish orphan refugees who found sanctuary in Pahiatua
Listener October 31 2009
Street name recognises Polish Heritage
Polish Honour for Heritage Advocate
Polish honour for Toitu curator
How to make barszcz and uszka
Art exhibition to help Ukraine relief
Examining the art on offer at the “From Dunedin With Love” exhibition yesterday is Polish Heritage of Otago and Southland Charitable Trust chairwoman and exhibition organiser Ewa Rozecki-Pollard.
Gravestone of Polish prince restored and consecrated
Life After Pahiatua
The lives of the Polish orphan refugees after Pahiatua.
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‘Present’ for Polish community
Dunedin city councillors voted to add the names “Pomerania” and “Polish Settlers” to the road registry earlier this week, at an infrastructure services and network committee meeting.
Polish phenomenon
The cultural phenomenon of Polish poster art is in Dunedin as part of a celebration of 250 years of Polish theatre. Members of the Polish Heritage of Otago and Southland Charitable Trust tell Rebecca Fox about its significance.
Society sends gifts to Polish children
When Dunedin City Councillor John Bezett visits an orphanage in Poland this month, he will take with him some very special gifts from Dunedin.
Art being sold to help with Polish celebrations
Zdzislaw Lepionka b July 14 1936, d August 22 2022
The Obituary of Zdzislaw ( Eric” Lapionka, one of the last of the “Pahiatua” children
Stuff article Oct 22 2022
The Children of Pahiatua
(Podcast Adam Mickiewicz Institute)
Art Exhibition Raising Funds for Church Restoration
Thirty-five Dunedin and Otago artists are supporting a Polish cultural group’s bid to raise funds for to renovate Broad Bay’s historic Church of Mary Queen of Peace.
ODT, 2 March 2012
Otago Link to Polish President
The Dunedin Polish woman who was once a neighbour of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in Saturday’s aeroplane crash, says she cannot remember much about him but their fathers were both in the Polish resistance movement.
Polish trust using art to benefit Ukraine
Celebrating Polish Heritage
Celebrating 150 years of Polish settlement in New Zealand are (from left) Donata Maciaczyyk, Cecylia Klobukowska, Paul Klemick (QSM), Ewa Rozecka-Pollard and Anna McCreath Munro
Paul Klemick awarded QSM
Paul Klemick was awarded a QSM for services to Historical Research in the Queens Birthday Honours list 2022
Polish links to Otago church celebrated
The first Sunday of Advent saw a significant congregation gather at Mary, Queen of Peace church in Broad Bay on the Otago Peninsula to attend a Thanksgiving Mass celebrated by Bishop Michael Dooley of Dunedin.
NZ Catholic, Feb 8th 2023…. Jeff Dillon
Chairperson ..... Ewa Rozecka-Pollard
Phone ......+64 3 477 5552
Secretary ..... Anna McCreath Munro
Phone ..... +64 3 464 0053
facebook ..... Poles Down South
Contact Poles Down South
Poles in New Zealand We would like to hear from Poles or people with any Polish connection, who visited New Zealand and particularly those of you who paid a visit or lived anywhere in Otago or Southland.
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Polski “Poles Down South” jest stroną internetową organizacji polonijnej w Nowej Zelandii działającej w rejonie Otago i Southland na Wyspie Południowej. Siedzibą organizacji jest Dunedin.