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List of events
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%).
[1]
Males per 100 females: 92.9.
[1]
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
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
Bill Barnard
Peter Fraser
Walter Nash
Rex Mason
Michael Myers
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre leaders
John Allum
Harold Caro
Thomas Hislop
Ernest Andrews
Events
Arts and literature
See
1943 in art ,
1943 in literature
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,
[7] is incorporated.
[8]
The first national championships are held. From now until
1947 the championships are a postal shoot.
[9]
Cricket
Horse racing
Harness racing
Thoroughbred racing
Rugby union
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand ,
Category:All Blacks
Soccer
Chatham Cup competition not held
Provincial league champions:
[12]
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 (died 2007)
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)
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
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]
William Barber
Frank Worsley
Paraire Karaka Paikea
Arthur Cook
Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu
Alfred Ransom
Gordon Coates
Hilda Hewlett
Sarah McMurray
Matthew Brodie
John Rigg
See also
For world events and topics in 1943 not specifically related to New Zealand see : 1943
References
^
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
Media related to
1943 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons
1943 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand