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Coromandel Hospital Board's advice to influenza sufferers

The Spanish flu was a global influenza pandemic that lasted from 1918 to 1920. Its first case in New Zealand was on ...

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Pandemic reached New Zealand from the country's shipping routes. It was then brought from New Zealand, such as on SS Talune, to several Pacific island territories, including Tonga (killing 8% of the population), Nauru (16%), and Fiji (5%, 9,000 people). Worst affected was Western Samoa, formerly German Samoa, which had been occupied by New Zealand in 1914. 90% of the population was infected; 30% of adult men, 22% of adult women, and 10% of children died.[6]

Legacy

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Burial site in Auckland
Statue of Margaret Cruickshank, a doctor who died during the pandemic

References

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  1. ^ "The 1918 flu pandemic". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. ^ "1918 Influenza Pandemic". my.christchurchcitylibraries.com. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ Wood, Pamela (6 May 2020). "Overworked and overwhelmed: How NZ nurses coped with the 1918 pandemic". The Spinoff. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Complacency kills: Lessons for NZ from the 1918 flu pandemic". NZ Herald. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  5. ^ Rice, Geoff (5 May 2011). "The influenza era, 1890s to 1920s". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  6. ^ Denoon, Donald, ed. (2004). The Cambridge history of the Pacific Islanders. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-521-00354-4.