Polish Independence Day / Narodowe Święto Niepodległości
Please refer to the November Newsletter for the link and instructions on how to watch the official broadcast from Warsaw.
May we celebrate Polish Constitution Day, 1791
Poland’s 3rd of May Constitution Day – A Celebration of Democracy and National Identity! On Wednesday, 30 April, the Polish Embassy in Wellington hosted a National Day reception at the New Zealand Parliament to celebrate 234 years of Poland’s Constitution of 3 May 1791, the first modern written constitution in Europe and the second in…
Katyn Commemoration – at 2pm at St Patrick Cathedral
You are all invited by the Polish Honorary Consul based in Auckland, Boguslaw Nowak, to the annual flowers laying ceremony at St. Patrick Cathedral, which will be held on Wednesday, 7th of May at 2.00 pm. Fr Craig Dunford, a new Dean of the Cathedral will lead the prayers for the Polish officers murdered by…
Pahiatua 80th Anniversary Auckland – nearly fully booked
Event on Sunday 20th October is nearly fully booked. If you are ‘Pahiatua Child’ or descendent and you wish to attend the event on 20th October, please email prezes@PoloniaAuckland.co.nz
Polish Children of Pahiatua 80th Anniversary Auckland
Sunday, 20 October, 2pm, Dom Polski, 1 McDonald Street, Morningside…
Outstanding Polish Women
8 – 21 August 2024, Central City Library, 44/46 Lorne Street, Auckland CBD…
Emilia Hammerton, Sto Lat!
A sincere Sto Lat and congratulations to Pani Emilia née Szczecina Hammerton, whose family and friends never sang truer words at her 100th birthday party yesterday. She was born on 30 May 1924, in Sudół, Poland, and was 15 when occupying German soldiers captured her, and others – including her future first husband Józef Cyckoma…
Monte Cassino
Eighty years ago today, 18 May 1944, at 10.20am, the Polish flag flew over the ruins of the Benedictine monastery on top of Monte Cassino. The ruins had loomed over the soldiers of the Second Polish Corps in Italy, led by Lieutenant-General Władysław Anders, since they entered the fray surrounding Monte Cassino—the main stronghold of…
Malwina Zofia (Wisia) Schwieters (Polish)
(15 II 1931 – 6 II 2022) Historia życia – w skrócie Autor: Jacek Drecki Malwina Zofia (Wisia) Schwieters (z domu Rubisz), urodziła się 15 lutego 1931 roku w Sokołowie, w powiecie rzeszowskim, województwo lwowskie. Do wybuchu II Wojny Światowej, wraz z rodzicami, Zygmuntem i Anną oraz młodszym bratem Ignacym, mieszkała w Nisku, a następnie…
Malwina Zofia (Wisia) Schweiters (English)
(February 15, 1931 – February 6, 2022) An insight into the life of a proud Polish woman. by Jacek Drecki Malwina Zofia (Wisia) Schwieters (née Rubisz) was born on 15 February 1931 in Sokołów, Rzeszów county, Lwów province, in southern Poland. Prior to World War II, she lived with her parents, Zygmunt and Anna, and…