User:Panamitsu/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 ...

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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.