Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,642,000
Increase since 31/12/1942: 5600 (0.34%)
Males per 100 females: 92.9
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 concluded, with the Labour Party in government. Labour was re-elected for a third term in the election in November
Speaker of the House - Bill Barnard (Democratic Labour Party)
Prime Minister - Peter Fraser
Minister of Finance - Walter Nash
Minister of Foreign Affairs - 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 Caro
Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
Mayor of Christchurch - Ernest Andrews
Mayor of Dunedin - Andrew Allen
New Zealand troops take part in invasion of Italy.
25 February: Mutiny by Japanese prisoners of war at Featherston prisoner of war camp camp results in 48 Japanese dead, 61 wounded, plus one dead and 11 injured guards.
3 April: Battle of Manners Street between American and New Zealand servicemen
4 June: The Cromwell to Dunedin Express is derailed while travelling around a bend too fast near Hyde in Central Otago. 21 people were killed and 47 injured of the 113 on board. [1]
20 June: Several U.S. Marines drown during landing exercises at Paekakariki.
28 August: Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in New Zealand for visit.
3 September: Eleanor Roosevelt flies out from Auckland.
25 September: New Zealand general election, 1943.
Arts and literature
See 1943 in art, 1943 in literature, Category:1943 books
See: 1943 in music
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
See: Category:1943 film awards, 1943 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1943 films
The New Zealand Archery Association, now Archery New Zealand, is incorporated.
The first national championships are held. From now until 1947 the championships are a postal shoot.
Men Open: W. Burton (Gisborne)
New Zealand Trotting Cup: Haughty - 2nd win
Auckland Trotting Cup: Shadow Maid
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
Ranfurly Shield
Chatham Cup competition not held
Provincial league champions: Auckland: Metro College
Canterbury: Western
Hawke's Bay: Napier HSOB
Nelson: No competition
Otago: Mosgiel
South Canterbury: No competition
Southland: No competition
Taranaki: RNZAF
Waikato: No competition
Wanganui: No competition
Wellington: Waterside
28 January: Malvina Major, opera singer
16 March: Dave McKenzie, long-distance runner
24 March: Kate Webb, journalist
6 April: Roger Cook, journalist
12 July: Bruce Taylor, cricketer
July 16: Peter Welsh, steeplechase runner
20 July: Chris Amon, Formula 1 racing driver
19 August: Sid Going, rugby union player
9 September: Keith Murdoch, rugby union player
15 October (in Bosnia): Drago Došen, painter
21 October: John Robertson (composer)
27 October: Tom Lister, rugby union player
7 November: Silvia Cartwright, judge
16 November: Chris Laidlaw, All Black, diplomat, politician and radio host
24 November: Barry Milburn, cricketer
25 December: Hedley Howarth, cricketer
Gretchen Albrecht, painter
Mel Courtney, politician
Brian Easton, economist
Richard (Dick) Frizzell, artist
Alamein Kopu, politician
Brian Perkins, radio broadcaster (UK)
Georgina Te Heuheu, politician
Category:1943 births
15 January: William Barber, politician.
1 February: Frank Worsley, sailor and explorer.
6 April: Paraire Karaka Paikea, politician.
27 March: Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu, soldier, VC winner.
22 May: Alfred Ransom, politician & cabinet minister
27 May: Gordon Coates, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand.
21 August: Hilda Hewlett, aviation pioneer.
6 September: James Cowan, writer, historian and ethnographer.
11 October: Matthew Joseph Brodie, second Catholic bishop of Christchurch
20 October: John Rigg, politician.
Category:1943 deaths
