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
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
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
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
See: 1942 in music
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
See: Category:1942 film awards, 1942 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1942 films
Most sports events were on hold due to the war.
New Zealand Trotting Cup: Haughty
Auckland Trotting Cup: Loyal Friend
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
Ranfurly Shield
New Zealand national rugby league team
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
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
28 July: James Allen, politician and diplomat.
15 July: Denis 'Sonny' Moloney, cricketer.
8 November: Tim Armstrong, politician.
Douglas Lysnar, politician.
Category:1942 deaths
