1942 in New Zealand

← 1941 1940 1939 1942 in New Zealand → 1943 1944 1945
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1942 Timeline of New Zealand history

Population

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

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State - George VI
• Governor-General - Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM ^[2]

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).^[3]

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.

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.

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Haughty ^[4]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Loyal Friend ^[5]

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: ^[6]
  • 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

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica