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Polish New Zealanders refers to

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country ...

citizens or residents of full or partial

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin scree ...

ancestry, or

citizens living in

. The 2018 census counted 2,871 New Zealanders who claim Polish ancestry.

History

Small numbers of Polish people began to arrive to New Zealand throughout the 19th century. Among these, many were among the " Brogdenites" employed to build stretches of New Zealand's main railway lines. Many of these settled in small towns close to the rail line such as Greytown (now Allanton) in Otago. During World War I and World War II, many Polish people became refugees and were relocated to other countries such as New Zealand.

Notable Polish New Zealanders

* John Blumsky * Mark Blumsky * Krzysztof Pawlikowski *

Helen Schamroth Helena Jeannette Schamroth (born 1945) is a New Zealand craft artist and author. Biography Schamroth was born in Kraków, Poland, just after World War II to two Jewish Holocaust survivors, but her milliner grandmother and shoemaker grandfather ...

Mirosław Złotkowski Mirosław Złotkowski (born in Białystok, Poland, 23 June 1956 – died in Christchurch, New Zealand, 24 March 2006) was a Polish Greco-Roman wrestler who changed to Freestyle wrestling after emigrating to New Zealand. He was among the most p ...

Simon Mercep Simon Mercep is a New Zealand television and radio journalist. Mercep is the son of noted architect Ivan Mercep, and is of mixed Croatian and Polish descent.

* Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk *

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (born 17 August 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er or for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL and New Zealand at international level. He previously played for the Penrith ...

* Łukasz Buda *

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Zoi Katherine Sadowski-Synnott (, born 6 March 2001) is a New Zealand snowboarder, specialising in slopestyle and big air competitions. She won the gold medal in the women's slopestyle and silver in the big air at the 2022 Winter Olympics, ...

Lisa Warrington Lisa Jadwiga Valentina Warrington (born 1952) is a New Zealand theatre studies academic, director, actor and author. She has directed more than 130 productions, and established the Theatre Aotearoa database. In 2014 she was awarded a Lifetime A ...

References

{{Immigration to New Zealand European New Zealander

History

Notable Polish New Zealanders

See also

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