1941 in New Zealand
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See also: 1940 in New Zealand, other events of 1941, 1942 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: 1941 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.
[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Regal and Vice Regal
- Head of State - George VI
- Governor-General - Viscount Galway, succeeded same year by Sir Cyril Newall
[edit] Government
The 26th New Zealand Parliament continued with the Labour Party in government. 1941 should have been an election year, but the election was deferred due to World War II.
- Speaker of the House - Bill Barnard (Democratic Labour Party)
- Prime Minister - Peter Fraser
- Minister of Finance - Walter Nash
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Frank Langstone
- Attorney-General - Rex Mason
[edit] Opposition Leaders
See: Category:New_Zealand_Parliament , New Zealand elections
[edit] Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - Ernest Davis then John Allum
- Mayor of Hamilton - Harold David Caro
- Mayor of Wellington - Thomas William Hislop
- Mayor of Christchurch - Robert M. Macfarlane then Ernest Andrews
- Mayor of Dunedin - Andrew Henson Allen
[edit] Events
See 1941 , 1941 in politics , 1941 in science , Category:1941 in Australia , 1941 in Australia , 1941 in music , 1941 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
[edit] April
[edit] June
[edit] July
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
- 7 December Hawaii bombed in a surprise attack by Japanese carrier forces on the US Navy.
- 8 December New Zealand declares war on Japan in response to Japanese attack on the United States.
- 10 December British battleships Repulse and Prince of Wales sunk by Japanese torpedo planes, effectively taking Britain out of the sea war in the Pacific.
[edit] Arts and literature
See 1941 in art, 1941 in literature, Category:1941 books
[edit] Music
See: 1941 in music
[edit] Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
[edit] Film
See: Category:1941 film awards , 1941 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1941 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
- 5 January: Bob Cunis, cricketer
- 3 February: Gary Bartlett, cricketer
- 12 February: Ross Morgan, cricketer
- 12 February: Bruno Lawrence, actor
- 26 February: Keith Thomson, cricketer
- 7 May: Grahame Bilby, cricketer
- 20 July: Pita Sharples, academic and politician
- 12 September: Doug Kidd, politician
- 29 October: Bryan Yuile, cricketer
- 7 November: Jim Sutton, politician
- Chin Wing Ho (Peter Chin), mayor of Dunedin
- Roderick Deane, economist, public sector reformer, and businessman.
- Lynley Dodd, children's author
- Allan Hawkey, cartoonist
- Owen Marshall, writer (Owen Marshall Jones)
- Ian Mune, actor and director
[edit] Deaths
- 4 October: George Troup, architect
- 20 October: Stanley Graham, murderer (shot by police).
[edit] See also
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