New Zealand's First Refugees: Pahiatua's Polish Children
Memorandum for:
Memorandum for:
The Permanent Head
Prime Minister's Department
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
Report of special committee appointed to investigate staff establishments at Polish Children's Camp in Pahiatua
We visited the camp on 9 and 10 April 1947, and have to report as follows. The Polish Children's Camp is staffed from three sources – Polish staff, the New Zealand army and the Public Works Department, as shown in the following report which sets out the present strength of the staff and the various duties in which they are engaged. A separate report on each of the three establishments follows.