Illustrations from the book: Once upon a time in Poland
This series of images were created by Iwona Soltys to illustrate the book Once upon a time in Poland: Old Polish Legends written by Anna Janiec-McLaughlin and Monica Riddell.
Immerse yourself in the magical world of old legends with frolicking mermaids, stout pirates, cunning witches and horrible monsters.
Museum & exhibition hours: 10-4 Tue-Fri and 12-5 Sun
‘Stefania for Schools’ programme, based on the book ‘Stefania’s Dancing Slippers’ by J Beck and illustrated by L Fisher, is available at the PHTM on a day suitable for you
In house lesson designed for regular school students and home school students
733 Polish children just like Stefania came to NZ in 1944.
See the original artworks, real objects from that time and watch a DVD presentation
Sunday Winter Films: ‘Poles Apart’ by A Suchanski
Poles Apart is the story of 733 Polish orphans who came to New Zealand in 1944. With a backdrop provided by the events of World War Two, the documentary traces their long and arduous journey from Poland through Siberia, Uzbekistan and Persia to New Zealand: a journey that takes them from the warmth and comfort of their homes in Poland, to the freezing barracks of Siberian forced labour camps, to the suffocating heat of the mud huts of Uzbekistan, to converted harems and stables of the Shah of Persia and finally to a former POW camp in Pahiatua, New Zealand.
Exhibition: ‘Little Poland in Pahiatua’ 1-20 June 2014
Images on display as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography connect with the June SWF programme. 1st November 2014 marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Poles to Pahiatua Camp
Sunday Winter Films: Collection of short films
Collection of short films shown between 2-3pm
- Archive footage of the train Journey from Wellington to Pahiatua camp known as ‘Little Poland’
- Arney Rule donates his autograph book to the PHTM, dates from 1944
- The story behind the Siberian Cross and its meaning.
Exhibition: ‘Little Poland in Pahiatua’ 1-20 June 2014
Images on display as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography connect with the June SWF programme. 1st November 2014 marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Poles to Pahiatua Camp
Sunday Winter Films: ‘Poles Apart’ by A Suchanski
Poles Apart is the story of 733 Polish orphans who came to New Zealand in 1944. With a backdrop provided by the events of World War Two, the documentary traces their long and arduous journey from Poland through Siberia, Uzbekistan and Persia to New Zealand: a journey that takes them from the warmth and comfort of their homes in Poland, to the freezing barracks of Siberian forced labour camps, to the suffocating heat of the mud huts of Uzbekistan, to converted harems and stables of the Shah of Persia and finally to a former POW camp in Pahiatua, New Zealand.
Exhibition: ‘Little Poland in Pahiatua’ 1-20 June 2014
Images on display as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography connect with the June SWF programme. 1st November 2014 marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Poles to Pahiatua Camp
‘Little Poland’ in Pahiatua Exhibition
733 children and 102 adults came to the Polish children’s Camp in New Zealand. New Zealanders gave an extraordinary welcome to these ‘First Refugees’ as they were transported by train on 1st November 1944 from Wellington to Pahiatua. A place they named ‘Little Poland’.This was to become their first home in New Zealand.This year marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the ‘Children of Pahiatua’.
Exhibition runs during our opening hours as part of the ‘Auckland Festival of Photography’ 2014. Sunday Winter films running at PHTM during June accompany the exhibition, see more detail on calendar.
Sunday Winter Films: Katyn, 117min
Film about 1940 Katyn massacre directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film for the 80th Academy Awards. In the movie the events of Katyn are related through the eyes of the women, the mother, wives and daughters of the victims executed on Stalin’s order by the NKVD in 1940.
ALL WELCOME
Exhibition ‘Little Poland in Pahiatua also on in the Lower Gallery 12-2pm and 4-5pm
Sunday Winter Films: Warsaw Uprising 44
The story of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising presented from the perspective of participants, mainly insurgents who in a lively, involved and emotional way talk about their experiences, fate of their friends and their beloved city. The story is also told from 2 other perspectives, a German soldier, who participated in the brutal suppression of the Warsaw’s quarter Wola and a British pilot and member of the British Military Mission in Moscow. Their accounts allow their views to reconstruct a dramatic story of the uprising and the personal dramas of its participants.
Exhibition: ‘Little Poland in Pahiatua’ 1-20 June 2014
In the same year, 1944, in New Zealand, 733 Polish Children arrive.
Images on display as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography. 1st November 2014 marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Poles to Pahiatua Camp
Sunday Winter Films: The Soviet Story 85min
Documentary movie about Soviet Communism and Soviet-German collaboration before 1941. A story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale. Mature audience only.
Exhibition: ‘Little Poland in Pahiatua’ 1-20 June 2014
Images on display as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography. 1st November 2014 marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Poles to Pahiatua Camp
Pre school programme, Polish stories patterns and crafts
Immerse yourself in the world of frolicking mermaids, stout pirates, cunning witches and scary dragons when listening to a story from Once upon a time in Poland
Children bring your creativity, draw your favourite character or create your own, inspired by illustrations from the book or an art activity based on Polish patterns, colours and crafts
The session may also include:
– exhibition of Polish arts and crafts including traditional costumes and dolls
– listening to Polish music and short language game ‘snap’
All Materials supplied All Welcome
Museum and exhibition hours: Tue to Fri 10-4 Sun 12-5
