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Sharing History

ByBarbara Scrivens November 14, 2021

Feedback from Our History, which appears under the About Us section, has included queries about the past presidents of the Auckland Polish Association. Details like this, the current executive does not have. We are, however, interested in collating a list of past presidents, and vice-presidents, to post on this site. If you can help with…

Cooking Polish History

Housekeeping in Poland

ByBarbara Scrivens October 3, 2021December 30, 2022

(from the Sun newspaper in Auckland, 27 July 1927, author unnamed.) A Polish woman is more than a cook. She is a born connoisseur of good foods, a “gastronome” in the truest sense of the word. If she lives in the country, she scorns shops and stores—they are good for providing raw materials only. The…