[1] Throughout the 19th century, few Polish migrants began settling in New Zealand escaping foreign occupation, with its consequences, of their partitioned country.

Many of these early pioneers worked in occupations requiring little English, felling bush, draining swamps and building tracks.

[10] Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski paid a visit to New Zealand to commemorate the establishment of diplomatic relations.

[11][12] New Zealand's main exports to Poland include: fish fillets, wool, iron and steel structures and their parts.

Poland's main exports to New Zealand include: trucks and vans, harvesting machinery, telephones and mobile phones.