1942 in New Zealand

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1942 in New Zealand

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1942 in New Zealand
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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 Vice Regal

Government

The 26th New Zealand Parliament was extended for a further year due to World War II, with the Labour Party in government.

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

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. [1]

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

Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit, Order of New Zealand

Sport

Most sports events were on hold due to the war.

Horse racing

Harness racing

Thoroughbred racing

Rugby

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

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

Category:1942 births

Deaths

Category:1942 deaths

References

See also


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