Population
- Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,636,400 [1]
- Increase since 31/12/1941: 5200 (0.32%)
- Males per 100 Females: 94.2
Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
Government
The 26th New Zealand Parliament was extended for a further year due to World War II, with the Labour Party in government.
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre leaders
Events
- 8 March: Japanese Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita of the Imperial Navy conducts aerial reconnaissance of Wellington. His Yokosuka E14y reconnaissance plane had been catapulted into the air from the Japanese submarine I-25 which stored the plane in a sealed foredeck hangar. After a successful daylight tour the submarine and plane headed north to make an inspection of Auckland on March 13.
- 9 December: 37 of the 39 female patients in Ward 5 at Seacliff psychiatric hospital are killed in a night-time fire - the country's worst fire disaster at that time. [1]
Arts and literature
See 1942 in art, 1942 in literature, Category:1942 books
Music
See: 1942 in music
Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: Category:1942 film awards , 1942 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1942 films
Appointments and awards
See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand
Sport
Cricket
Horse racing
See Category:New Zealand horse races
Rugby
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team
Soccer
Births
Category:1942 births
Deaths
Category:1942 deaths
References
See also
For world events and topics in 1942 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1942
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