Gallery – Polish refugees in New Zealand
Marian Adamski on his farm in Taranaki
Marian with the fruit of his labours - a blueberry harvest
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Taranaki
Józefa (Węgrzyn) Berry (left)
With a New Zealand nurse
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Irena (Ogonowska) Coates with a group of English language students
At Canterbury University, NZ
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Henryk Dziura (with beret)
In New Zealand just before returning to Poland, 1948
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
Halina and Ernie Morrow represent New Zealand
1984 World Field Crossbow Championship. Halina (Fladrzyńska) Morrow (2nd from right) and her husband Ernie (right) representing New Zealand at Crossbow Championships in Wolverhampton, England
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: United Kingdom
City/Town/Village: Wolverhampton
Dioniza (Gradzik) Choroś on her graduation as a nurse
At Wellington Hospital's Nurses' Home in 1951
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Wellington
50th Anniversary of the Polish Children’s Arrival in New Zealand
The official front row at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Polish refugee children's arrival in New Zealand applauds one of the many Polish cultural performances of the day in the Pahiatua Sports Stadium - 23 October 1994 l-r: Stefania (Sondej) Zawada, Prime Minister Jim Bolger, Governor-General Dame Catherine Tizard, Józef Zawada, Joan Bolger, Polish Ambassador to Australia Dr Agnieszka Morawińska
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
Ship: Sontay
The Sontay was a cargo ship which took the Polish refugees on a most uncomfortable journey from Iran to Bombay, India, in September 1944 on their way to New Zealand.
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: During WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Pahiatua Monument
Monument on the site of the Pahiatua Camp (representing a mother and child on a ship) sculpted by Tanya Ashken and erected on 22 February 1975. Some of the stones from the old grotto that was at the camp were embedded in the monument's pedestal.
Source: New Zealand's First Refugees Pahiatua's Polish Children Polish Children's Reunion Committee 2004 0-476-00739-9
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
Stanisław and Maria Kołodziński, 1992
With their grandson Matthew on his Christening day
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Polish House in Auckland – 1984
l-r: Franciszek Jaśkiewicz, Zofia (Głogowska) Nowak, (?), Stanisław Wójcik, (?), Maria (Dac) Jaśkiewicz, Maria Kołodzińska, (?), Stanisław Wołk, Wanda (Pelc) Ellis, Bogusław Januszkiewicz, Jan Jarka, Irena (Naplocha) Rax, Jadwiga Jarka
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Maria (Nowotarska) Kołodzińska, Dawn and Stasia
Visting Pahiatua Monument at site of old camp
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
City/Town/Village: Pahiatua
Kołodziński Family
l-r: Gayleen and Stan Kołodziński, Kate and Stefanie Hunt (girls sitting), Malcolm and Krystine Adam, Stanisław and Maria Kołodziński, Stefanie Kołodzińska, Helen and Hughie Hunt
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Kołodziński and Nowotarski Families
Jan Nowotarski, Jadwiga and Roman Kołodziński, Krystyna Dudek, Judith and Stan Nowotarski, Marek and Leokadia Kazimierzak, Stan Kołodziński, Krystyna and Malcolm Adam, Stanisław and Maria Kołodziński, Helen and Hughie Hunt, Helen and Peter Drake, Eddie Kołodziński, Jan Kołodziński, Stefan and Michael Kołodziński, David and Ania, Gayleen, Stefanie and Kate, Irena and Ted, Ursula, Helen Kołodzińska, Adam Kołodziński
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Girls in Polish dance costume outside Grotto
Pahiatua Camp
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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In traditional Polish dancing costume
At Pahiatua Camp, 1944-49
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Jan and Krystyna Nowotarski
With children Stan, Rosie and Ted
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Maria Nowotarska & friend
At a dance at St Francis Hall, Wellington approx. 1950
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Maria and Stanisław Kołodziński, Wellington – 1950
Maria and Stanisław Kołodziński, Wellington – 1950
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Maria Nowotarska & Eugenia Sajewicz
Maria Nowotarska & Eugenia Sajewicz
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
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Maria Nowotarska & Friends – Outside Pahiatua Hall 1944-49
l-r: Janina Ratuszna, Maria Nowotarska, Jadwiga Adamczyk
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Maria Nowotarska & Friends – Pahiatua
l-r: Janina Ratuszna, Stanisława Masalska, Maria Nowotarska
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Maria Nowotarska & Jean Fraser – 1945
Maria a the house of Jean Fraser (Red Cross staff) before returning to Pahiatua Camp - after being hospitalised.
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Maria Nowotarska and E Wierzbicka
Dancing in traditional Polish costume, Pahiatua Camp 1944-1949
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Maria Nowotarska and friend
In traditional Polish dancing costume, Pahiatua Cam
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: During WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Maria Nowotarska and Stanisław Kołodziński
New Years Ball, Wellington (when they were young) after winning the 1st Ball Prize
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Maria Nowotarska at a dance at St Francis Hall, Wellington
Maria Nowotarska and Stasia Świerczyńska approx. 1950
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Maria Nowotarska in Wellington
Maria Nowotarska in Wellington
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Mikołaj and Janina (Świerczyńska) Nowotarski
With children Helen and Teresa in New Zealand
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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Mikołaj Nowotarski
Mikołaj Nowotarski
Source: Maria Kołodzińska
Time Period: After WWII
Country: New Zealand
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