1942 in New Zealand
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See also: 1941 in New Zealand, other events of 1942, 1943 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.
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[edit] Summary
The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.
See: 1942 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.
[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Regal and Vice Regal
[edit] 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
[edit] Opposition Leaders
- National - TBD (Leader of the Opposition)
[edit] Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - John Allum
- Mayor of Hamilton - Harold David Caro
- Mayor of Wellington - Thomas William Hislop
- Mayor of Christchurch - Ernest Andrews
- Mayor of Dunedin - Andrew Henson Allen
[edit] Events
See 1942 , 1942 in politics , 1942 in science , Category:1942 in Australia , 1942 in Australia , 1942 in music , 1942 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
[edit] January
- 2 January: description
[edit] February
[edit] March
March 8, Japanese Warrent Officer Nobuo Fujita of the Imperial Navy conducts aerial reconnaissance of Wellington. His Yokosuka E14y reconnaisance plane had been catapulted into the air from the Japanese submarine I-25 which stored the plane in a sealed foredeck hanger. After a successful daylight tour the submarine and plane headed north to make an inspection of Auckland on March 13.
[edit] April
[edit] June
- 5 June Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū is sunk in the Battle of Midway thus ending the threat posed by Japan against New Zealand.
[edit] July
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
[edit] Arts and literature
See 1942 in art, 1942 in literature, Category:1942 books
[edit] Music
See: 1942 in music
[edit] Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
[edit] Film
See: Category:1942 film awards , 1942 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1942 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
[edit] Cricket
[edit] Horse racing
See Category:New Zealand horse races
[edit] Rugby
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
[edit] Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team
[edit] Soccer
- Chatham Cup competition not held
[edit] 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
- Kerry Burke, politician
- Mike Ward, politician
[edit] Deaths
- 28 July: James Allen, politician and diplomat
- 15 July: Denis 'Sonny' Moloney, cricketer
[edit] See also
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