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Kōrero: Refugees

A soldier holds a Polish child, Pahīatua

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A soldier holds a Polish child, Pahīatua

Members of the military forces helped the orphans settle into a camp at Pahīatua, where they were housed along with their caregivers. New Zealanders were touched by the plight of the orphans, and turned out to wave to the young refugees leaving Wellington for Pahīatua.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, John Dobrée Pascoe Collection (PAColl-0783)

Reference: 1/4-001366-F

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.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ann Beaglehole, Refugees – 1870s–1940s: refugee groups, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1100/a-soldier-holds-a-polish-child-pahiatua (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ann Beaglehole, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.