1942 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,636,400 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* 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 [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

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). [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]

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. [http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Kids/NZDisasters/Seacliff.asp]

Arts and literature

See 1942 in art, 1942 in literature,

Music

See: 1942 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

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

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

port

* See: 1942 in sports ,

Cricket

Horse racing

See

Rugby

,
* Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

occer

* 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

Deaths

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

* Douglas Lynsar, politician.

References

ee also

*List of years in New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand history
*History of New Zealand
*Military history of New Zealand
*Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

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