Poland in New Zealand

In the morning of 10 November 2020, Ambassador Grzegorz Kowal laid flowers at the grave of Kazimierz Wodzicki, Consul General of the Republic of Poland in 1941-45. Both, Consul and his wife Maria were instrumental in bringing a group of 733 Polish Pahiatua Children to New Zealand. This year marks the 76th anniversary of those events.

Mr Grzegorz Kowal presented the Letter of Credence to the New Zealand Governor General The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy, accrediting him as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to New Zealand. The ceremony took place at the Government House in Wellington on 5 November 2020.

The MFA organised a series of expert panels and an information and promotional campaign under the slogan “UN Week” to mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Organisation.

Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, Secretary of Pope John Paul II, Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Cracow reminisces about the Polish Pope.

On 30 September 2020, Ambassador Zbigniew Gniatkowski completed his diplomatic mission in New Zealand.

On Sunday, 20 September 2020, Ambassador Z. Gniatkowski participated in the ceremony of unveiling of a new street honouring early Polish settlers in Mosgiel, in Otago. Pomerania Way has been inaugurated thanks to the efforts of the Polish Heritage of Otago and Southland Charitable Trust (POHOS).

On 31 August 2020, at the ceremony held at the premises of the Polish Embassy in Wellington, Rick Sahar, a son of Polish-Jewish parents born in Poland received the Gold Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland.

Read an article written by Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on the occasion of the 40th anniveresary of Solidarity movement in Poland.

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Solidarity Movement in Poland, as a reminder of great support received from New Zealand, we present a special publication prepared by Jacek Drecki from Auckland.

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.