feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1943 films Sport Archery The New Zealand Archery Association, now Archery New Zealand, is incorporated. The first national championships are held. From now until 1947 the championships are a postal shoot. Men Open: W. Burton (Gisborne) Cricket Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup: Haughty – 2nd win Auckland Trotting Cup: Shadow Maid Thoroughbred racing Rugby union :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, :Category:All Blacks Ranfurly Shield Soccer Chatham Cup competition not held Provincial league champions: 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 :Category:1943 births Deaths 15 January: William Barber, politician. 1 February: Frank Worsley, sailor and explorer. 6 April: Paraire Karaka Paikea, politician. 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. 21 August: Hilda Hewlett, aviation pioneer. 6 September: James Cowan, writer, historian and ethnographer. 24 September: Arthur Withy, journalist and politician. 11 October: Matthew Joseph Brodie, second Catholic bishop of Christchurch. 20 October: John Rigg, politician. :Category:1943 deaths See also History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's