1942 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1942 in New Zealand.
Population
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,636,400[1]
- Increase since 31 December 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 life of the 26th New Zealand Parliament was extended for a further year (to 1942) due to World War II, with the Labour Party in government.[3]
- 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
- Chief Justice — Sir Michael Myers
Parliamentary opposition
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
- Japanese submarines operated in New Zealand waters in 1942 and 1943. They sent reconnaissance aircraft over Auckland and Wellington, but did not carry out any attacks.
- 8 March – Japanese Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita of the Imperial Japanese 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 13 March.
- 27 April – Sugar rationing is introduced.[5]
- 24 May – I-21 briefly operated off northern New Zealand in May 1942. I-21's floatplane flown by Lt Ito Isuma conducted a reconnaissance flight over Thames and then Auckland on 24 May.
- 24 June – A severe earthquake, the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake struck the lower North Island, followed by a severe aftershock on 2 August. Considerable damage resulted in Masterton, other parts of the Wairarapa, Palmerston North and Wellington.
- June – Tea rationing is introduced.[5]
- 9 December – 37 of the 39 female patients in Ward 5 at Seacliff Lunatic Asylum (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
Sport
Most sports events were on hold due to the war.
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Haughty [6]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Loyal Friend [7]
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: [8]
Births
- 5 January: Trish McKelvey, cricketer.
- 12 January: Doug Graham, politician
- 23 January: Phil Clarke (rugby union), rugby union player[9]
- 23 February: John Lewis, headmaster
- 16 March: Gordon Whiting, Judge
- 24 March: Kerry Burke, politician.
- 21 April: Geoffrey Palmer, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 19 June: Merata Mita, filmmaker
- 18 July: Mike Ward, politician
- 4 August: David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 25 September: Peter Petherick, cricketer
- 25 November: Barbara Bevege, cricketer
- Judith Potter, high court judge.
- Roger Walker. architect.
Deaths
- 28 July: James Allen, politician and diplomat.
- 15 July: Denis 'Sonny' Moloney, cricketer.
- 17 July Robina Nicol, photographer and suffragist[10]
- 27 August: Francis Mander, politician
- 12 October: Douglas Lysnar, politician.
- 8 November: Tim Armstrong, politician.
References
- ^ "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ "Prolongation of Parliament Act, 1941". New Zealand Law online.
- ^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ a b "Tea and Sugar - War Economy - NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz.
- ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 2009-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
- ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Phil Clarke". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ "Nicol, Robina, 1861–1942". National Library of New Zealand. 1 January 1861. Retrieved 1 November 2019.