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Haurongo: Wodzicka, Maria

Official welcome for Polish refugee children, Wellington, 1944

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Official welcome for Polish refugee children, Wellington, 1944

John Pascoe took this photograph at the welcome ceremony for Polish refugee children in Wellington, 1 November 1944: Maria Wodzicka stands in the centre (in uniform) and her husband Kazimierz Antoni z Granowa Wodzicki stands second from left.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Theresa Sawicka. 'Wodzicka, Maria', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2709/official-welcome-for-polish-refugee-children-wellington-1944 (accessed 4 June 2026).