1939 in New Zealand

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See also: 1938 in New Zealand, other events of 1939, 1940 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 3.10 November 3.11 December 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Cricket 6.2 Horse racing 6.3 Rugby 6.4 Rugby league 6.5 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 1939 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George VI
• Governor-General - Viscount Galway

[edit] Government

The 26th New Zealand Parliament continued with the Labour Party in government.

• Speaker of the House - Bill Barnard (Labour Party)
• Prime Minister - Michael Joseph Savage
• Minister of Finance - Walter Nash
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Michael Joseph Savage
• Attorney-General - Rex Mason

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New_Zealand_Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Ernest Davis
• Mayor of Hamilton - Harold David Caro
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas William Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - Robert M. Macfarlane
• Mayor of Dunedin - Andrew Henson Allen

[edit] Events

See 1939 , 1939 in politics , 1939 in science , Category:1939 in Australia , 1939 in Australia , 1939 in music , 1939 timelines , History of New Zealand , Category:History of New Zealand , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history

• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica , Category:2002

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

• 3 September New Zealand declares war on Germany

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

• December 13 News coming in that New Zealand warship Achilles in battle for her life in South America against Nazi surface raider Graf Spee. The whole country is preparing for disaster.
• December 17 Another famous radio linkup to rival the Hindenburg. Nazi battleship Graf Spee blows herself up outside Montevideo harbour. Winston Churchill personally congratulates the people of New Zealand.
• See also Current events in Australia and New Zealand

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1939 in art, 1939 in literature, Category:1939 books

[edit] Music

See: 1939 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1939 film awards , 1939 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1939 films

[edit] 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

[edit] Sport

• See: 1939 in sports , Category:1939 in sports

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

[edit] Rugby

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

• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Waterside (Wellington)

[edit] Births

• 27 February: Don McKinnon, deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand and Commonwealth Secretary-General
• 4 October: Ivan Mauger, motorcycle speedway champion
• 29 October: Michael Smither, painter

• Peter Brown, politician
• Raymond Ching, painter
• Bob Jones, businessman
• Philip Temple, writer

Category:1939 births

[edit] Deaths

• 27 July: Malcolm Champion, swimmer
• 23 August: Robin Hyde, writer

• T. W. Ratana, prophet

Category:1939 deaths

[edit] See also