Cup – Mascot Wellington Cup – Nobleman New Zealand Derby – Gloaming Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin. Men's singles champion – W. Foster (Caledonian Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – W.M. Hogg, E. Harraway (skip) (Dunedin Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – W. Robson, J. Spinks, E. Falconer, C.R. Smith (skip) (Otago Bowling Club) Rugby union The Ranfurly Shield (held by Wellington) is not contested as interprovincial matches are cancelled due to the war. Soccer Provincial league champions: Auckland: North Shore Canterbury: Excelsior Hawke's Bay: Waipukurau Otago: Southern Dunedin Southland: No competition Wanganui: No competition Wellington: Porirua Births January–March 4 January – Anne Elder, ballet dancer, poet 5 January Roy Cowan, potter, illustrator, printmaker Margaret Marks, cricketer Joyce Sullivan, netball player 7 January – Colin Snedden, cricket player and commentator 11 January – John Mackey, Roman Catholic bishop 15 January – Arthur Kinsella, politician 19 January – Mihi Edwards, writer, social worker, teacher 28 January – Trevor Skeet, lawyer, politician 5 February – Joe Ongley, cricket player and administrator, lawyer, jurist 24 February − Daniel Watkins, agrochemical distributor and manufacturer 26 February – Lloyd Geering, theologian 27 February – Brian Carbury, World War II fighter pilot 14 March – Ivan Lichter, thoracic surgeon, palliative care pioneer 17 March – Patrick Eisdell Moore, otolaryngologist 21 March – Lloyd White, diplomat 25 March – Nazmi Mehmeti, Muslim community leader 30 March – Elva Bett, artist, art historian, art gallery director April–June 6 April – Jimmy Kemp, cricketer 7 April – Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient 16 April – Roger Mirams, film producer and director 17 April – Dorothea Horsman, women's rights advocate 18 April – Patrick O'Dea, public servant 27 April – Douglas Dumbleton, cricket player and umpire 11 May – John O'Sullivan, cricketer 18 May – Walter Metcalf, physical chemist 19 May – Nevile Lodge, cartoonist 26 May – Freda Bream, author 8 June – George Edward Hughes, philosopher and logician 22 June – Mana Strickland, Cook Islands educator and politician 27 June – Edgar Kain, World War II fighter pilot July–September 1 July – Clive Boyce, local-body politician 31 July – Frank Renouf, businessman, philanthropist 8 August – Logan Sloane, politician 9 August – Frank Rennie, soldier 12 August – Sid Hurst, farmer 30 August – Laurie Francis, diplomat and lawyer 11 September – Desmond Scott, World War II fighter pilot 15