1943 in New Zealand

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See also:	Other events of 1943 Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1943 in New Zealand.

Population[]

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

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

• 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
• Chief Justice – Sir Michael Myers

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 –

Events[]

• 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 died when the Cromwell to Dunedin Express derailed while travelling around a bend too fast near Hyde in Central Otago.[1]
• 20 June – Several U.S. Marines drown during landing exercises at Paekakariki.
• 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 – Butter rationing is introduced, with an allowance of 8 ounces (230 g) per person per week.^[4]
• Japanese submarines operated in New Zealand waters in 1942 and 1943. They sent reconnaissance aircraft over Auckland and Wellington, but did not carry out any attacks.

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

Sport[]

Archery[]

The New Zealand Archery Association, now Archery New Zealand,^[5] is incorporated.^[6]

The first national championships are held. From now until 1947 the championships are a postal shoot.^[7]

• Men Open: W. Burton (Gisborne)

Cricket[]

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Haughty – 2nd win^[8]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Shadow Maid^[9]

Thoroughbred racing[]

Rugby union[]

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

• Ranfurly Shield

Soccer[]

• Chatham Cup competition not held
• Provincial league champions:^[10]
  • 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
• 10 March: John McGrath, judge (died 2018)
• 16 March: Dave McKenzie, long-distance runner
• 24 March: Kate Webb, journalist
• 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
• 19 August: Sid Going, rugby union player
• 9 September: Keith Murdoch, rugby union player
• 11 September: Brian Perkins, radio broadcaster in Britain (BBC)
• 15 October (in Bosnia): Drago Došen, painter
• 21 October: John Robertson (composer)
• 27 October: Tom Lister, rugby union player
• 7 November: Silvia Cartwright, judge
• 16 November: Chris Laidlaw, All Black, diplomat, politician and radio host
• 24 November: Barry Milburn, cricketer
• 17 December: (in Ireland): Bert Hawthorne, motor racing driver
• 25 December: Hedley Howarth, cricketer
• Mel Courtney, politician
• Brian Easton, economist
• Richard (Dick) Frizzell, artist
• Alamein Kopu, politician
• Georgina te Heuheu, politician

Category:1943 births

Deaths[]

• 15 January: William Barber, politician.^[11]
• 1 February: Frank Worsley, sailor and explorer.
• 6 April: Paraire Karaka Paikea, politician.^[11]
• 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.
• 21 August: Hilda Hewlett, aviation pioneer.
• 6 September: James Cowan, writer, historian and ethnographer.
• 24 September: Arthur Withy, journalist and politician.
• 11 October: Matthew Joseph Brodie, second Catholic bishop of Christchurch.
• 20 October: John Rigg, politician.^[11]

Category:1943 deaths

See also[]

• 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[]

External links[]

Media related to 1943 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons