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Population
- Estimated Population as of 31 December:
1,631,200 [1]
- Increase since 31/12/1940: -2400 (-0.15%)
- Males per 100 Females: 96.1
- The scheduled census
was not held due to World War II
Incumbents
Regal and
Vice Regal
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.
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre
leaders
Events
- 16 January: formation of the New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air
Force [4]
- March: 2NZEF deployed to
northern Greece and were soon involved in the Battle of
Greece.
- 24 April - 30 April: New Zealand forces evacuated
from mainland Greece to Crete.
- 20 May - 1 June: Battle of Crete - New Zealand forces
suffer heavy losses: 671 dead, 967 wounded, 2,180 captured. On the
first day of the German invasion, Charles Upham wins the V.C
- 8 October: four police officers and three civilians are shot
and killed at Kowhitirangi, near Hokitika, by Stanley
Graham
- 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 battlecruiser HMS Repulse and battleship
HMS
Prince of Wales sunk by Japanese torpedo planes,
effectively taking Britain out of the sea war in the Pacific.
Arts and
literature
See 1941 in art,
1941 in
literature, Category:1941 books
Music
See: 1941 in
music
Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: Category:1941 film awards ,
1941 in film , List
of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1941 films
Appointments and awards
See: New Zealand Order of Merit ,
Order
of New Zealand
Sport
Most sporting events were on hold due to the war
Horse
racing
Harness
racing
Thoroughbred
racing
Rugby
union
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: [7]
- Auckland: Comrade
- Canterbury: Western
- Hawke's Bay: Napier HSOB
- Nelson: No competition
- Otago: Mosgiel
- South Canterbury: No competition
- Southland: No competition
- Waikato: No competition
- Wanganui: No competition
- Wellington: Seatoun
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.
- Gary Day, actor.
- Roderick Deane, economist,
public sector reformer, and businessman.
- Lynley
Dodd, children's author.
- Malcolm Douglas,
politician.
- Alan K.
Grant, writer, humourist.
- Bob Harvey, mayor of
Waitakere City.
- Allan
Hawkey, cartoonist.
- (in England): Bernard Holman, artist.
- Maurice McTigue, politician
and diplomat.
- Owen
Marshall, writer (Owen Marshall Jones).
- Ian
Mune, actor and director.
- Ian
Peters, politician.
Category:1941 births
Deaths
- 26 May: William John Lyon, Labour
MP, killed serving with 2NZEF on Crete.
- 27 July: Alfred Henry O'Keeffe,
painter.
- 4 October: George Troup,
architect.
- 20 October: Stanley Graham, murderer (shot
by police).
- 1 November: Gordon Hultquist, Labour MP,
killed serving with 2NZEF in North Africa.
- 28 November: John Manchester Allen,
National MP, killed serving with 2NZEF in Libya.
- 29 November: Arthur Nattle
Grigg, National MP, killed serving with 2NZEF in
Libya.
Category:1941 deaths
References
See also
For world events and topics in 1941 not specifically related
to New Zealand see: 1941
1941 in New Zealand: 
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