It is with regret that we announce the death of Jadwiga née Jarka Cooper, one of our most colourful Auckland Polish community members. She died peacefully on Wednesday, 12 June 2024, aged 96. Her funeral will be held on Thursday 20 June at 11am at the Church of St John the Evangelist, 180 Centreway Road,…
Died in Poland on 27 April 2024. Between 1984 and 2000 Maciej lived in Auckland, New Zealand. He was our colleague and an active member of the Solidarity Organization in New Zealand, the Polish Club in Auckland, and the Auckland Polish Association. Maciej was one of the organizers and the first Solidarity trade union leader…
Zmarł w Polsce 27 kwietnia 2024 r. W latach 1984-2000 nasz polonijny kolega, aktywny członek organizacji „Solidarność w Nowej Zelandii”, Klubu Polskiego i Stowarzyszenia Polaków w Auckland. Miał 79 lat. Maciej by założycielem i pierwszym przewodniczącym związku NSZZ Solidarność w Siedlcach. Urodził się 19 IX 1945 w Siedlcach. Tam uczęszczał do szkól i ukończył Studium…
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Roman Drecki. He died at his home on the 9th November 2023. Requiem Mass will be celebrated for Roman by Fr Alfredo Garcia at St Thomas More Catholic Church, Glenfield, Auckland, on Thursday 16th November at 11am. The Rosary will commence 30…
It is with sadness that we inform you of the deaths of respected and loved members of our community, Iwona and Igor Drecki. They died suddenly in a car accident in the vicinity of Mt Ruapehu on Wednesday July 26. Requiem Mass will be celebrated for them by Fr Tadeusz Świątkowski, who will come from…
Marysia née Dac Jaśkiewicz—for many years a stalwart member of our Auckland Polish Association—died on 10 June 2022. One of the youngest of the Polish orphans who became known as the “Pahiatua children,” Pani Marysia arrived in New Zealand with her older sister, Aniela, in November 1944. They, and 836 other Polish children and adults,…
Stanisław Szczepański, a WW2 veteran who fought for the Second Polish Corps under General Wladyslaw Anders, died on 6 June 2022 aged 95. _______________ From left, former Polish Ambassador to New Zealand, Zbigniew Gniatkowski, Polish veterans Stanisław Szczepański and Adam Piotrzkiewicz, and Honorary Consul for Auckland, Bogusław Nowak, at the presentation of Pro Patria medals…