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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 count ...

citizens or residents of full or partial

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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 John Patrick Cyril Blumsky (13 November 1928 – 1 August 2013) was a New Zealand journalist and broadcaster, best known for his coverage of the Erebus disaster in 1979. Biography Blumsky was educated at Nelson College from 1943 to 1945.' ...

Mark Blumsky Mark Herbert Blumsky (born 29 August 1957) is a former New Zealand politician and diplomat. He was Mayor of Wellington from 1995 to 2001, and a Member of Parliament for the National Party from 2005 to 2008. Blumsky was New Zealand's High Comm ...

Krzysztof Pawlikowski Krzysztof Pawlikowski (born 1946) is a Polish-born New Zealand computer science academic. After a PhD at the University of Gdańsk in Poland, he moved to New Zealand, starting at University of Canterbury in September 1984. His research focuse ...

* Helen Schamroth * Mirosław Złotkowski * Simon Mercep *

Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk Count Geoffrey Wladislas Vaile Potocki de Montalk (10 June 1903 – 14 April 1997) was a poet, polemicist, and pretender to the Polish throne. Born in New Zealand, he was the eldest son of Auckland architect Robert Wladislas (Potocki) de Monta ...

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 Pant ...

* 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, b ...

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 ...

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History

Notable Polish New Zealanders

See also

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