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1941 in New Zealand:

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1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944

Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Cricket 6.2 Horse racing 6.3 Rugby 6.4 Rugby league 6.5 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,631,200 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1940: -2400 (-0.15%)
• Males per 100 Females: 96.1
• The scheduled census was not held due to World War II

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George VI
• Governor-General - The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC, succeeded same year by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM ^[2]

[edit] Government

The 26th New Zealand Parliament continued with the Labour Party in government. 1941 should have been an election year, but the election was deferred due to World War II.

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

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

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

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Ernest Davis then John Allum
• Mayor of Hamilton - Harold Caro
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - Robert M. Macfarlane then Ernest Andrews
• Mayor of Dunedin - Andrew Allen

[edit] Events

• 16 January: formation of the New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force ^[4]
• March: 2NZEF deployed to northern Greece and were soon involved in the Battle of Greece.

• 24 April - 30 April: New Zealand forces evacuated from mainland Greece to Crete.
• 20 May - 1 June: Battle of Crete - New Zealand forces suffer heavy losses: 671 dead, 967 wounded, 2,180 captured. On the first day of the German invasion, Charles Upham wins the V.C
• 8 October: four police officers and three civilians are shot and killed at Kowhitirangi, near Hokitika, by Stanley Graham
• 7 December Hawaii bombed in a surprise attack by Japanese carrier forces on the US Navy.
• 8 December New Zealand declares war on Japan in response to Japanese attack on the United States.
• 10 December British battlecruiser HMS Repulse and battleship HMS Prince of Wales sunk by Japanese torpedo planes, effectively taking Britain out of the sea war in the Pacific.

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1941 in art, 1941 in literature, Category:1941 books

[edit] Music

See: 1941 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1941 film awards , 1941 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1941 films

[edit] 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

[edit] Sport

• See: 1941 in sports , Category:1941 in sports

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

[edit] Rugby

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

• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Soccer

• Chatham Cup competition not held

[edit] Births

• 5 January: Bob Cunis, cricketer.
• 3 February: Gary Bartlett, cricketer.
• 12 February: Ross Morgan, cricketer.
• 12 February: Bruno Lawrence, actor.
• 26 February: Keith Thomson, cricketer.
• 7 May: Grahame Bilby, cricketer.
• 20 July: Pita Sharples, academic and politician.
• 12 September: Doug Kidd, politician.
• 29 October: Bryan Yuile, cricketer.
• 7 November: Jim Sutton, politician.

• Chin Wing Ho (Peter Chin), mayor of Dunedin.
• Gary Day, actor.
• Roderick Deane, economist, public sector reformer, and businessman.
• Lynley Dodd, children's author.
• Malcolm Douglas, politician.
• Alan K. Grant, writer, humourist.
• Bob Harvey, mayor of Waitakere City.
• Allan Hawkey, cartoonist.
• (in England): Bernard Holman, artist.
• Maurice McTigue, politician and diplomat.
• Owen Marshall, writer (Owen Marshall Jones).
• Ian Mune, actor and director.
• Ian Peters, politician.

Category:1941 births

[edit] Deaths

• 26 May: William John Lyon, Labour MP, killed serving with 2NZEF on Crete.
• 27 July: Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, painter.
• 4 October: George Troup, architect.
• 20 October: Stanley Graham, murderer (shot by police).
• 1 November: Gordon Hultquist, Labour MP, killed serving with 2NZEF in North Africa.
• 28 November: John Manchester Allen, National MP, killed serving with 2NZEF in Libya.
• 29 November: Arthur Nattle Grigg, National MP, killed serving with 2NZEF in Libya.

• Albert Glover, politician.
• Sir James Parr, politician.

Category:1941 deaths

[edit] References

[edit] 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 1941 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1941

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