Poland in New Zealand

On 15 August 2020 we solemnly celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw – a culminating point of the Polish-Soviet War (1919-1920) and one of the most decisive events in the history of Poland, Europe, and the world.

On 12 August at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington, the Polish Embassy hosted a special one-off screening of Andrzej Wajda's movie "Katyń" in order to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Katyń Massacre.

On August 6, 2020, Ambassador Zbigniew Gniatkowski and Consul of the Republic of Poland Agnieszka Kacperska were in Christchurch.

Commemorating this year’s anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, Culture.pl is releasing a series of 10 immersive soundwalks, in both English and Polish, covering this period’s most significant events.

The latest, largely extended version of the Polish Embassy's presentation "Life After Pahiatua" highlighting personal stories and profiles of members of the Polish Children of Pahiatua is now available.

Ambassador Zbigniew Gniatkowski attended an event organised by the Asia-Pacific Security Innovation Forum in Queenstown. At the two-day-long conference with experts and Government representatives, the Polish Ambassador spoke of bio-defence from NATO and Polish perspective, including new challenges such as COVID-19 and hybrid warfare.

Take a look at our latest presentation prepared on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of birth of Karol Wojtyła, later known as Pope John Paul II. This edition features recollections of the Polish Pope’s visit to New Zealand in 1986 by the members of the Polish Community in New Zealand. It also highlights John Paul II’s impact on the historic events in Poland.

The call for proposals in the "Polish Returns 2020. COVID-19 Edition" program is addressed to institutions planning to employ scientists whose research may be relevant for broadening knowledge and solving significant problems related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, in particular representatives of broadly understood health and biomedical sciences.

Ambassador of Poland visited Christchurch where he took part in the movie screening organised to commemorate the Katyń Massacre. The visit was also an opportunity to decorate a descendant of one of the Early Polish Settlers in New Zealand.

Read through the Polish Prime Minister's article for the Daily Telegraph "Clean path to a new model of globalization: time for European 5G realism"