This web feature was written by Imelda Bargas and produced by the NZHistory.net.nz team. We are grateful to Geoffrey Rice for his assistance, and to Karen Cameron for information about the pandemic in Samoa.
Links
- 1918 influenza epidemic on the Christchurch City Libraries website
- The Spanish flu – this Wikipedia page has links to other sites
See the Ministry of Health website for information about New Zealand's response to recent viral infections, including COVID-19 (novel coronavirus).
Books
- Geoffrey Rice, Black November: the 1918 influenza pandemic in New Zealand, Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, 2005. Find out more about this publication on the CUP website. (See also: e-book version)
Geoff Rice, Black Flu 1918: the story of New Zealand’s worst public health disaster, Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, 2017 – aimed at a younger audience