1942 in New Zealand

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1942 in New Zealand:
Other years in New Zealand
1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945

Population

Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,636,400 ^[1]
Increase since 31/12/1941: 5200 (0.32%)
Males per 100 Females: 94.2

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

Head of State - George VI
Governor-General - Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM ^[2]

Government

The 26th New Zealand Parliament was extended for a further year due to World War II, with the Labour Party in government.

Speaker of the House - Bill Barnard (Democratic Labour Party)
Prime Minister - Peter Fraser
Minister of Finance - Walter Nash
Minister of Foreign Affairs - Frank Langstone then Peter Fraser
Attorney-General - Rex Mason

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition - Sidney Holland (National Party). ^[3]

Main centre leaders

Mayor of Auckland - John Allum
Mayor of Hamilton - Harold David Caro
Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
Mayor of Christchurch - Ernest Andrews
Mayor of Dunedin - Andrew Henson Allen

Events

8 March: Japanese Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita of the Imperial Navy conducts aerial reconnaissance of Wellington. His Yokosuka E14y reconnaissance plane had been catapulted into the air from the Japanese submarine I-25 which stored the plane in a sealed foredeck hangar. After a successful daylight tour the submarine and plane headed north to make an inspection of Auckland on March 13.

9 December: 37 of the 39 female patients in Ward 5 at Seacliff psychiatric hospital are killed in a night-time fire - the country's worst fire disaster at that time. [1]

Arts and literature

See 1942 in art, 1942 in literature, Category:1942 books

Music

See: 1942 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1942 film awards , 1942 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1942 films

Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

Archbishop of New Zealand
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

Sport

See: 1942 in sports , Category:1942 in sports

Cricket

Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

Chatham Cup competition not held

Births

12 January: Doug Graham, politician
21 April: Geoffrey Palmer, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand
4 August: David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand
25 September: Peter Petherick, cricketer
25 November: Barbara Bevege, cricketer

Kerry Burke, politician.
Trish McKelvey, cricketer.
Judith Potter, high court judge.
Roger Walker. architect.
Mike Ward, politician

Category:1942 births

Deaths

28 July: James Allen, politician and diplomat.
15 July: Denis 'Sonny' Moloney, cricketer.
8 November: Hubert Tim Armstrong, politician.

Douglas Lynsar, politician.

Category:1942 deaths

References

^ http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls
^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved on 2008-04-06.

See also

For world events and topics in 1942 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1942

Categories: 1942 in New Zealand