At 11.59 p.m. on Wednesday 25 March 2020, New Zealand entered a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus around the country.
Epidemic
Events In History
8 April 1913
By the end of the year the epidemic, which was intoduced by a Mormon missionary, had killed 55 New Zealanders, all of them Māori.
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The 1918 influenza pandemic
The lethal influenza pandemic that struck New Zealand between October and December 1918 killed about 9000 people in two months. No other event has claimed so many New Zealand lives in such a short time. Read the full article
Page 1 - The 1918 flu pandemic
The lethal influenza pandemic that struck New Zealand between October and December 1918 killed about 9000 people in two months. No other event has claimed so many New Zealand
Page 2 - The pandemic begins abroad
The 1918 influenza pandemic was commonly referred to as ‘the Spanish flu’, but it did not originate in
Page 3 - The pandemic hits New Zealand
Many people believed that the second wave of the 1918 influenza pandemic arrived in New Zealand as ‘a deadly new virus’ on board the RMS
Page 4 - Uneven rates of death
No other event has killed so many New Zealanders in so short a space of time. While the First World War claimed the lives of more than 18,000 New Zealand soldiers over four years,
Page 5 - Response to the influenza pandemic
There was a degree of consistency in New Zealand's response to the influenza pandemic, thanks to a telegram the Health Minister, George Russell, issued to all borough councils and
Page 9 - South Island influenza death rates
Death rates in South Island towns and counties from the influenza
Main image: Kids helping – the 1918 influenza pandemic
As adults fell to influenza, children were called upon to help with deliveries and other chores.
