4 June –
Hyde railway disaster – 21 passengers are killed when the Cromwell to Dunedin Express derails while travelling around a bend too fast near
Hyde in Central Otago.[4]
28 October – Butter
rationing is introduced, with an allowance of 8 ounces (230 g) per person per week.[5][6]
Japanese submarines operate in New Zealand waters in 1942 and 1943. They send reconnaissance aircraft over Auckland and Wellington, but do not carry out any attacks.
^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.
4 June –
Hyde railway disaster – 21 passengers are killed when the Cromwell to Dunedin Express derails while travelling around a bend too fast near
Hyde in Central Otago.[4]
28 October – Butter
rationing is introduced, with an allowance of 8 ounces (230 g) per person per week.[5][6]
Japanese submarines operate in New Zealand waters in 1942 and 1943. They send reconnaissance aircraft over Auckland and Wellington, but do not carry out any attacks.
^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.