Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Over seven hundred Polish children came to New Zealand at the invitation of the Prime Minister in 1944. They were housed in a camp in Pahiatua.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Pahiatua
Date: November 2, 2019
the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Peter Fraser with two of the children, dressed in national costume, at the Polish Children's Camp in Pahiatua. Seven hundred Polish children came to New Zealand at the invitation of the Prime Minister in 1944, du...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Pahiatua
Date: 1944?
The SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) garden party to raise funds was held at 'Nettleworth', Ihaka Street, Palmerston North, the home of the President, Mr W Jacques, to which the children from the Polish Children's Camp in P...
Creator: Embassy Studios
Place: Ihaka Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1944
The Polish Army League was founded in Palmerston North in 1941 at the instigation of Mrs Ann Jacques. She had heard about the loneliness of Polish soldiers serving alongside NZ troops during WWII and thought to start an organisation to write to, a...
Creator: Polish Army League
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1941
Letter from S Kopanski, Chief of Polish General Staff in London to the Polish Army League, wishing them seasons greetings and thanking them for their work. Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North in WWII, corresponded with and sent parcels...
Creator: S Kopanski
Place: London
Date: December 11, 1945
Written in Polish. Contains information about/or for the Polish Army League and Polish Children's Camp in Pahiatua. The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North in WWII, corresponded with and sent parcels to Polish soldiers who served with...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Unknown
Date: 1945
The SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) garden party to raise funds was held at 'Nettleworth', Ihaka Street, Palmerston North, the home of the President, Mr W Jacques, to which the children from the Polish Children's Camp in P...
Creator: Embassy Studios
Place: Ihaka Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1944