Pandemics and Epidemics
A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics
This Topic Explorer set looks at pandemics and epidemics with specific reference to Aotearoa New Zealand, the impact on Māori communities and also the wider Pacific region. SCIS no: 1977944
social_sciences, arts, science, Māori, technology, history, health
We're Not Scared, the great NZ Bear Hunt
During Covid-19 Level 4 and 3 lockdown teddy bears appeared in windows across New Zealand.
Palmerston North City Library
The COVID-19 Pandemic
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Hydatids eradication van
Some serious diseases like smallpox and hydatids have been eradicated from New Zealand.
Alexander Turnbull Library
Native health nurses
Native health nurses were introduced in 1911 and worked under very difficult conditions during epidemics & pandemics.
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Immunisation
Immunisation has a long history dating back as far as 200 BC with smallpox inoculations in China and India.
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Epidemic memorial
Memorials around the country remind us of the huge loss of life among Māori as a result of introduced diseases.
Alexander Turnbull Library
Peace and the flu
This man laments that he is in bed sucking on a thermometer instead of a beer to celebrate Armistice Day.
National Library of New Zealand
Curing diseases
Interesting products appeared on the market in the 1900s, claiming to cure many deadly infectious diseases.
Alexander Turnbull Library
Uncharted territory
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the WHO described the fight against Covid-19 as uncharted territory.
Radio New Zealand
Colonel Robert Logan in Samoa on 30 August 1914
The New Zealand Administrator who allowed a diseased ship to dock in Samoa in 1918.
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
A report on flu stricken Tahiti
The crew from the steamer Salvor help flu-stricken natives and French settlers on the island of Papeete in Tahiti.
National Library of New Zealand
Louis Pasteur invented pasteurisation in 1864
Louis Pasteur invented pasteurisation in 1864 - a process still in use today to kill harmful pathogens in milk.
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
The Obelisk at Featherston Cemetery
Headstones of soldiers who died at the camp lead to the obelisk that has names of those who died in the 1918 pandemic.
Wairarapa Archive
Lice
Lice can spread disease to humans. When pathogens move from animals to humans it is called zoonoses.
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Heavy death toll in Fiji and Tonga
The plight of Fiji and Tonga after the arrival of the Talune.
National Library of New Zealand
Certificate of Thanks (for influenza workers)
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Disasters: Natural
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Disasters New Zealand
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