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1940 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,633,600 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1939: -8000 (-0.49%)
• Males per 100 Females: 99.1

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George VI
• Governor-General - The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC ^[2]

[edit] Government

The 26th New Zealand Parliament continued with the Labour Party in government.

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

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Adam Hamilton (National Party) until 26 November, then Sidney Holland (National). ^[3]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Ernest Davis
• Mayor of Hamilton - Harold David Caro
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - Robert M. Macfarlane
• Mayor of Dunedin - Andrew Henson Allen

[edit] Events

• 25 March: John A. Lee is expelled from the governing Labour caucus following his outspoken criticism of dying leader Michael Joseph Savage
• 27 March: New Zealand's first Labour Prime Minister, Michael Joseph Savage dies from cancer in Wellington.
• 12 July: Pan American Airways flying boat service from Hawaii to Auckland via Canton Island (not Kingman Reef) commences.

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1940 in art, 1940 in literature, Category:1940 books

[edit] Music

See: 1940 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Rewi's Last Stand (1940)
• One Hundred Crowded Years

See: Category:1940 film awards, 1940 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1940 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

[edit] Chess

• National champion: J.B. Dunlop, of Dunedin (his 6th and last title). ^[4]

[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 won by Waterside (Wellington)

[edit] Births

• 12 January: Dick Motz, cricketer.
• 17 February: James Laurenson, actor.
• 23 March: Brian Hastings, cricketer
• April 14: Robin Tait, discus thrower (d. 1984)
• 10 June (in the USA): Augie Auer, meteorologist.
• 23 June: Mike Shrimpton, cricketer.
• 15 July: Ian Athfield, architect.
• 3 September: Brian Lochore, rugby player
• 18 September: Bruce Murray cricketer.
• 18 September: Jon Trimmer, ballet dancer.
• 24 September: Don Brash, Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, politician.
• 24 October: Martin Campbell, film and TV director.

• David Baragwanath, High Court judge.
• Maurice (John) Belgrave, public servant and chief ombudsman.
• (in Australia): Judith Binney, historian.
• Barry Curtis, Mayor of Manukau City.
• Robyn Donald, writer.
• Tessa Duder, writer.
• Joe Hawke, politician.
• Merv Wellington, politician.

Category:1940 births

[edit] Deaths

• 12 January: Taurekareka Henare, politician.
• 27 March: Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister.
• 28 May: Florence Young, missionary.
• 6 June: F.O. Edgar "Cobber" Kain, first RAF ace of WWII.

Category:1940 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 1940 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1940