1943 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1943 in New Zealand.
Population
[edit]- Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,642,000.[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1942: 5600 (0.34%).[1]
- Males per 100 females: 92.9.[1]
Incumbents
[edit]Regal and viceregal
[edit]- Head of State – George VI
- Governor-General – Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM[2]
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Government
[edit]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
- Chief Justice – Sir Michael Myers
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Parliamentary opposition
[edit]Main centre leaders
[edit]- 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
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Harold Caro -
Thomas Hislop -
Ernest Andrews
Events
[edit]- New Zealand troops take part in invasion of Italy.
- 25 February – Mutiny by Japanese prisoners of war at Featherston prisoner of war camp results in 48 Japanese dead, 61 wounded, plus one dead and 11 injured guards.
- 28 March - Body of Michael Joseph Savage reinterred at Bastion Point by a crowd of ten thousand
- 3 April – Battle of Manners Street between American and New Zealand servicemen
- 4 June – Hyde railway disaster – 21 passengers are killed when the Cromwell to Dunedin Express derails while travelling around a bend too fast near Hyde in Central Otago.[4]
- 20 June – Several U.S. Marines drown during landing exercises at Paekākāriki.
- 28 August – Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in New Zealand for visit (she had visited American troops in the Cook Islands).
- 3 September – Eleanor Roosevelt flies out from Auckland.
- 25 September – 1943 New Zealand general election.
- October last US Marines depart US Naval Base New Zealand
- 28 October – Butter rationing is introduced, with an allowance of 8 ounces (230 g) per person per week.[5][6]
- Japanese submarines operate in New Zealand waters in 1942 and 1943. They send reconnaissance aircraft over Auckland and Wellington, but do not carry out any attacks.
Arts and literature
[edit]See 1943 in art, 1943 in literature
Music
[edit]See: 1943 in music
Radio
[edit]See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
[edit]See: Category:1943 film awards, 1943 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1943 films
Sport
[edit]Archery
[edit]The New Zealand Archery Association, now Archery New Zealand,[7] is incorporated.[8]
The first national championships are held. From now until 1947 the championships are a postal shoot.[9]
- Men Open: W. Burton (Gisborne)
Cricket
[edit]Horse racing
[edit]Harness racing
[edit]- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Haughty – 2nd win[10]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Shadow Maid[11]
Thoroughbred racing
[edit]Rugby union
[edit]Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
Soccer
[edit]- Chatham Cup competition not held
- Provincial league champions:[12]
Births
[edit]- 28 January: Malvina Major, opera singer
- 10 March: John McGrath, judge (died 2018)
- 16 March: Dave McKenzie, long-distance runner
- 24 March: Kate Webb, journalist (died 2007)
- 29 March: Diana Hill, scientist (died 2024)
- 6 April: Roger Cook, journalist
- 7 May: Gretchen Albrecht, painter
- 12 July: Bruce Taylor, cricketer (died 2021)
- 16 July: Peter Welsh, steeplechase runner
- 20 July: Chris Amon, Formula 1 racing driver (died 2016)
- 19 August: Sid Going, rugby union player
- 9 September: Keith Murdoch, rugby union player (died 2018)
- 11 September: Brian Perkins, radio broadcaster in Britain (BBC)
- 15 October (in Bosnia): Drago Došen, painter (died 2019)
- 21 October: John Robertson (composer)
- 24 October: Martin Campbell, film and television director
- 27 October: Tom Lister, rugby union player (died 2017)
- 7 November: Silvia Cartwright, judge
- 16 November: Chris Laidlaw, All Black, diplomat, politician and radio host
- 24 November: Barry Milburn, cricketer
- 26 November: Adrienne Simpson, broadcaster, historian, musicologist and writer (died 2010)
- 17 December: (in Ireland): Bert Hawthorne, motor racing driver (died 1972)
- 25 December: Hedley Howarth, cricketer (died 2008)
- Mel Courtney, politician
- Brian Easton, economist
- Richard (Dick) Frizzell, artist
- Alamein Kopu, politician (died 2011)
- Georgina te Heuheu, politician
Deaths
[edit]- 15 January: William Barber, politician.[13]
- 1 February: Frank Worsley, sailor and explorer.[14]
- 6 April: Paraire Karaka Paikea, politician.[13]
- 4 March: Arthur Cook, politician.[15]
- 27 March: Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu, soldier, VC winner.
- 22 May: Alfred Ransom, politician & cabinet minister.
- 27 May: Gordon Coates, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand.
- 31 May: Dolce Ann Cabot, journalist.
- 21 August: Hilda Hewlett, aviation pioneer.
- 6 September: James Cowan, writer, historian and ethnographer.[16]
- 14 September: Sarah McMurray, woodcarver and craftswoman.[17]
- 24 September: Arthur Withy, journalist and politician.
- 10 October: Emma Maria Walrond, landscape painter.[18]
- 11 October: Matthew Joseph Brodie, second Catholic bishop of Christchurch.
- 20 October: John Rigg, politician.[13]
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Hilda Hewlett -
Sarah McMurray -
Matthew Brodie -
John Rigg
See also
[edit]- History of New Zealand
- List of years in New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
For world events and topics in 1943 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1943
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ Hyde Disaster
- ^ "Rationing of New Zealand-Grown Foods – NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz.
- ^ "BUTTER CUT". The New Zealand Herald. 28 October 1943. p. 2.
- ^ Archery New Zealand
- ^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
- ^ In a postal shoot clubs compete on specified dates and the results are posted to the Association.
- ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
- ^ a b c Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ Dennerly, P. Y. (1996). "Worsley, Frank Arthur 1872–1943". In Orange, Claudia (ed.). Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Vol. 3. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. p. 577. ISBN 1-86940-200-6.
- ^ Martin, John E. "Arthur Cook". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ Colquhoun, David (2012). "Cowan, James". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Sarah McMurray". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Deaths". New Zealand Herald. 11 October 1943. p. 1. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
External links
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