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1942 in New Zealand

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See also:
  
Other events of 1942Timeline of New Zealand history

Population

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,636,400
  • Increase since 31/12/1941: 5200 (0.32%)
  • Males per 100 females: 94.2

    • Regal and viceregal

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

    • Government

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

    Contents

  • 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).

    • 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

    Sport

    Most sports events were on hold due to the war.

    Harness racing

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup: Haughty
  • Auckland Trotting Cup: Loyal Friend

    • 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
  • Provincial league champions:
  • Auckland: Mount Albert Grammar School Old Boys
  • Canterbury: Western
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier HSOB
  • Nelson: No competition
  • Otago: Army
  • South Canterbury: No competition
  • Southland: No competition
  • Waikato: No competition
  • Wanganui: No competition
  • Wellington: Hospital

    • 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
  • Merata Mita, filmmaker

    • Category:1942 births

    Deaths

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

    • Category:1942 deaths

    References

    1942 in New Zealand Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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