Polish New Zealanders

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.^{[citation needed]}

During World War I and World War II, many Polish people became refugees and were relocated to other countries such as New Zealand.^{[citation needed]}

In 1948, The Polish Association was founded by Polish immigrants, to support and to provide a sense of community and togetherness.^[1]

• John Blumsky, broadcaster^[2]
• Mark Blumsky, politician^[2]
• Helen Schamroth, craft artist and author.^[3]
• Mirosław Złotkowski, wrestler
• Simon Mercep, journalist
• Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk
• Dallin Watene-Zelezniak^{[citation needed]}
• Łukasz Buda
• Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, snowboarder^{[citation needed]}
• Lisa Warrington
• Kazimierz Wodzicki
• Alfred Ngaro, politician^[4]
• Krystyna Tomaszyk, writer and social activist

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  Poles in Dunedin, 2020
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  Polish club in Wellington
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  The Polish Heritage Museum in Howick, Auckland
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  Polish refugees arriving at Wellington and at the Polish Children's Camp at Pahiatua, 1944

• New Zealand–Poland relations
• Polish diaspora
• Immigration to New Zealand
• European New Zealanders
• Europeans in Oceania
• Polish Australians