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1943 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 (1943) • 1944 • 1945 • 1946

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,642,000 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1942: 5600 (0.34%)
• Males per 100 Females: 92.9

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George VI
• Governor-General - Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM ^[2]

Government

The 26th New Zealand Parliament concluded, with the Labour Party in government. Labour was re-elected for a third term in the election in November

• Speaker of the House - Bill Barnard (Democratic Labour Party)
• Prime Minister - Peter Fraser
• Minister of Finance - Walter Nash
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Peter Fraser
• Attorney-General - Rex Mason

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Sidney Holland (National Party). ^[3]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - John Allum
• Mayor of Hamilton - Harold Caro
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - Ernest Andrews
• Mayor of Dunedin - Andrew Allen

Events

• New Zealand troops take part in invasion of Italy.

• 25 February: Mutiny by Japanese prisoners of war at Featherston prisoner of war camp camp results in 48 Japanese dead, 61 wounded, plus one dead and 11 injured guards.
• 3 April: Battle of Manners Street between American and New Zealand servicemen
• 4 June: The Cromwell to Dunedin Express is derailed while travelling around a bend too fast near Hyde in Central Otago. 21 people were killed and 47 injured of the 113 on board. [1]
• 20 June: Several U.S. Marines drown during landing exercises at Paekakariki.
• 28 August: Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in New Zealand for visit.
• 3 September: Eleanor Roosevelt flies out from Auckland.
• 25 September: New Zealand general election 1943.

Arts and literature

See 1943 in art, 1943 in literature, Category:1943 books

Music

See: 1943 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1943 film awards , 1943 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1943 films

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

Sport

Archery

The New Zealand Archery Association, now Archery New Zealand,^[4] is incorporated.^[5]

The first national championships are held. From now until 1947 the championships are a postal shoot.^[6]

• Men Open: W. Burton (Gisborne)

Cricket

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Haughty - 2nd win ^[7]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Shadow Maid ^[8]

Thoroughbred racing

Rugby union

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

• Ranfurly Shield

Soccer

• Chatham Cup competition not held
• Provincial league champions: ^[9]
  • Auckland: Metro College
  • Canterbury: Western
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier HSOB
  • Nelson: No competition
  • Otago: Mosgiel
  • South Canterbury: No competition
  • Southland: No competition
  • Taranaki: RNZAF
  • Waikato: No competition
  • Wanganui: No competition
  • Wellington: Waterside

Births

• 28 January: Malvina Major, opera singer
• 16 March: Dave McKenzie, long-distance runner
• 24 March: Kate Webb, journalist
• 6 April: Roger Cook, journalist
• 12 July: Bruce Taylor, cricketer
• July 16: Peter Welsh, steeplechase runner
• 20 July: Chris Amon, Formula 1 racing driver
• 19 August: Sid Going, rugby player
• 9 September: Keith Murdoch, rugby player
• 15 October (in Bosnia): Drago Došen, painter
• 7 November: Silvia Cartwright, judge
• 16 November: Chris Laidlaw, All Black, diplomat, politician and radio host
• 24 November: Barry Milburn, cricketer
• 25 December: Hedley Howarth, cricketer

• Gretchen Albrecht, painter
• Mel Courtney, politician
• Brian Easton, economist
• Richard (Dick) Frizzell, artist
• Alamein Kopu, politician
• Brian Perkins, radio broadcaster (UK)
• Georgina Te Heuheu, politician

Category:1943 births

Deaths

• 1 February: Frank Worsley, sailor and explorer.
• 6 April: Paraire Karaka Paikea, politician. ^[10]
• 27 March: Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu, soldier, VC winner.
• 27 May: Gordon Coates, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• 21 August: Hilda Hewlett, aviation pioneer.
• 6 September: James Cowan, writer, historian and ethnographer.
• 20 October: John Rigg, politician. ^[10]

• William Barber, politician. ^[10]

Category:1943 deaths

References

See also

• 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 1943 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1943