Kindergarten group at a Polish refugee camp, Pahiatua, 7 February 1945.
In 1944 more than 700 displaced Polish children, with about 100 adults, arrived in New Zealand. Maria Wodzicka, herself a Polish immigrant, had helped negotiate their acceptance by the New Zealand government, and took a leading role in assisting them to settle in New Zealand. She mediated between the Polish Children's Camp at Pahiatua and government agencies, and she and her family acted as translators.
- See also: film about Polish children in NZ (NZOnScreen)
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Second World War - overview
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RELATED TO POLISH IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
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1 November 1944
Polish refugees land in New Zealand
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20 September 1954
Mazengarb report released
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25 October 1949
Foundation of IHC
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5 July 1881
Poll tax imposed on Chinese
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6 September 1948
New Zealand citizenship established
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12 August 1895
Baby-farmer Minnie Dean hanged
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15 December 1944
Poll tax on Chinese immigrants abolished
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18 November 1874
Cospatrick fire kills 470
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Schools and the First World War
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The Vogel era
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Baby farmers
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Children and adolescents, 1930-1960
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Assisted immigration, 1947-75
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British & Irish immigration, 1840-1914
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