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Kōrero: Poles

Church interior

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Church interior

The simple interior of the Church of Mary Queen of Peace in Dunedin has been painstakingly restored by members of Dunedin’s Polish Catholic community. The church is a symbol of the faith and endurance of the Polish settlers who built it in 1889.

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by Kate Tilbury

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Theresa Sawicka, Poles – Life in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/3835/church-interior (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Theresa Sawicka, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.

Comments

Ryszard Czerwik
15 January 2012
Greetings from Polish. Bytom near Katowice.