Gallery – Polish refugees in New Zealand

Parading for visitors in uniform at Pahiatua Camp.

Sport at Pahiatua Camp – Boys playing Volleyball – 1944-49

Girls playing basketball at Pahiatua Camp sometime between 1946 and 1947.

In garden at house of Jean Fraser (Red Cross Staff), Pahiatua - after being hospitalised.

Irena only found her brother Antoni when she was near her death of cancer in New Zealand in 1977. They spoke on the phone but never met again after last meeting in the Childrens Camp in Teheran or Isfahan.

Irena only found her brother Antoni when she was near her death of cancer in New Zealand in 1977. They spoke on the phone but never met again after last meeting in the Childrens Camp in Teheran or Isfahan.

Irena only found her brother Antoni when she was near her death of cancer in New Zealand in 1977. They spoke on the phone but never met again after last meeting in the Childrens Camp in Teheran or Isfahan.

Irena with a group of girls and adults at Pahiatua

Irena and Richard Mansor Wedding Photo. They were married at St Mary of the Angel church in Wellington, NZ. Best man is Wilfred Mansor, brother of Richard.

Irena and friend in Pahiatua Camp. Irena is standing on the left of picture.

Janina Marchewa (my mother) is in back row, left-hand corner.

Grotto built by Polish children

My partner Stephen, me and mum at 60th Jubilee of Polish children's arrival in New Zealand. Unveiling of commemorative plaque. 26 October 2004 at Frank Kitts Park, Wellington, New Zealand.

Graduation photo of Krystyna Kołodyńska (aged 20 years). The first of the Polish Children to attend university and to graduate (BA in French and English) . Photo taken on her graduation day 9 May 1952, in Auckland.

An article written in 1945 about three Polish girls attending Convent of the Sacred Heart, Auckland and details about the Polish children coming to New Zealand.

S.S. Dundalk Bay which arrived in Wellington, New Zealand on 27 June 1949 with many Poles on board who were welcomed as Displaced Persons to New Zealand. Emigrants departed from Grugliasco Camp , Italy sailing from Trieste on 20 May 1949.