Home of the Auckland Polish Association, established in 1960, built by members, and opened in 1972. Visit the website https://poloniaauckland.co.nz/ or our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/apapolonia/ to find out about upcoming events.
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Count Jozef de Montalk-Potocki arrived in NZ in the 1860s and taught modern languages at Auckland University College from 1891.
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The first shipment of Polish immigrants arrived at Lyttleton aboard the Friedeburg and set up the first Polish settlement in New Zealand at Marshland. Polish Settlers Place in Marshland commemorates 145th anniversary of Polish settlement in New Zealand.
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Thirty-five Dunedin and Otago artists are supporting a Polish cultural group
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History of Polish visitors and settlers in New Zealand started exactly 100 years prior to 1872 with the arrival of Captain James Cook during his 1772 voyage aboard The Resolution.
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Born in 1802 in Warsaw, Poland. Alois took part in the Polish-Russian war of 1830-31 as an officer in the Polish National Army and after the end of the fighting
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