Skip to main content
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography logo

Biography: Pascoe, John Dobrée

Official welcome for Polish refugee children, Wellington, 1944

Image
Official welcome for Polish refugee children, Wellington, 1944
John Pascoe took this photograph at the welcome ceremony for Polish refugee children on their arrival at Wellington, 31 October 1944: Maria Wodzicka stands in the centre (in uniform) and her husband Kazimierz Antoni z Granowa Wodzicki stands second from left.

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-003643; F

Photograph by John Dobree Pascoe

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Jock Phillips. 'Pascoe, John Dobrée', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2709/official-welcome-for-polish-refugee-children-wellington-1944-1 (accessed 4 June 2026).