- 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: 94.2Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
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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 thenPeter 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
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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
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8 March : JapaneseWarrant 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 onMarch 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
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New Zealand Order of Merit ,Order of New Zealand
*Archbishop of New Zealand
*Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Dioceseport
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1942 in sports ,Cricket
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*Ranfurly Shield Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team occer
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Chatham Cup competition not heldBirths
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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, politicianDeaths
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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
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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":
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