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Kōrero: Cultural dance

Polish dance

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Polish dance

The Lublin Polish Dance group, shown performing, was formed in Wellington in 1981 by Polish dance teacher Jacek Śliwiński after he emigrated to New Zealand. Many of the members were the sons and daughters of Polish refugees who had come to New Zealand as children in the 1940s.

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by Michael Edge-Perkins

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Megan Cook, Cultural dance – European cultural dance, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/44740/polish-dance (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Megan Cook, i tāngia i te 27 March 2014.