Poland in New Zealand

On October 23, 2019, at the "History Stop" event of the Institute of National Remembrance in Warsaw, the book "Killed in Kalinin, buried in Miednoje" (Убиты в Калинине, захоронены в Медном) was presented. The three-volume work contains more than 6,000 biographical notes of Polish prisoners of war in Ostashkov, who died in captivity or were shot by the order of the USSR authorities of March 5, 1940. The book also presents source materials documenting the crime and exhumations of victims carried out in 1991 and 1995.

On 1-3 November 2019, the commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the arrival to New Zealand of the Polish Children, later known as Pahiatua Children. The jubilee celebrations were organised by the Pahiatua Polish Children Facilitating Committee and the Polish Association in New Zealand. The celebrations took place in Pahiatua and Wellington.

Take a look at our latest presentation showing WW2 fronts where Polish and New Zealand soldiers fought as brothers-in-arms, great Polish and New Zealand pilots who bravely supported the Battle of Britain, invitation to New Zealand of 733 Polish Siberian orphans, Polish Army League, most horrific battle of Monte Cassino and a few other less-known actions and operations with participation of our brave men and women during the Second World War.

Olga Tokarczuk, Polish writer and activist, won the Nobel Prize in Literature for “a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.”

Eighty years ago, German aggression on Poland started the Second World War. In the early hours of 1 September 1939, troops of the German Reich crossed the Polish-German border. Polish Army put up military resistance and expected the Allies’ reaction. On 3 September 1939, France and the UK declared war on the German Reich but did not take any real military action. Poland’s tragic fate was sealed on 17 September 1939 when the Soviet Union launched the invasion of Poland from the East. The attack of the German Reich and the Soviet Union resulted from the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed by the two totalitarian regimes, a secret protocol to which effectively divided Central Europe into the so-called spheres of influence.

Information about refunding student fees in case of receiving a visa refusal in order to start or continue studies

Each year we celebrate the All Saints Day by visiting the Polish graves in Wellington