Ahunga. Watch and Listen
Will There Be Bread Tomorrow? Part 1
Listen from 25:45-27:45 to hear Krystyna’s account of the journey to Wellington.
Will There Be Bread Tomorrow? Part 2
Listen for the first 5 minutes to hear former Polish refugee children recall their arrival in Wellington.
Will There Be Bread Tomorrow? Part 2
Listen from 2:48m-5:50m to hear Krystyna’s perspective of the train journey.
Will There Be Bread Tomorrow? Part 2
Listen from 11:30m-15:50m to hear Krystyna describe what it was like to arrive at the camp.
Stories from the Eastern West.
How did the children survive their perilous journey from Siberia to Iran, and end up in a place called Pahiatua in the New Zealand countryside? How did they adjust to a new life surrounded by sheep and cattle, and what happened when the camp they had begun to call home was finally shut down for good?
A story of 700 Polish Children
Watch as the group of 734 children and 103 adults arrived on 31 October 1944 at Wellington Harbour
Weekly Review No. 169 -New Zealand Soldiers and Polish Children
Task 4: Watch the first 3.00 minutes of the Weekly Review 169 to see the Polish Childrens’ arrival in Wellington
Task 5: Watch the the full video of the Weekly Review 169 to see the Polish Childrens’ train journey to Pahiatua.