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New Zealand's First Refugees: Pahiatua's Polish Children
The grotto was built in 1945 on the camp's northern side by the Polish refugee children who each brought a stone from the nearby Mangatainoka River. It was a focal point for the children. By 1975 it was a ruin, so some of its remaining stones were reused in the plinth of the new memorial statue
The grotto was built in 1945 on the camp's northern side by the Polish refugee children who each brought a stone from the nearby Mangatainoka River. It was a focal point for the children. By 1975 it was a ruin, so some of its remaining stones were reused in the plinth of the new memorial statue