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