Spanish flu – The Spinoff

Overworked and overwhelmed: How NZ nurses coped with the 1918 pandemic

6 May 20206 May 2020 by Pamela Wood

Nursing historian Pamela Wood looks at the near-impossible task facing nurses at the height of the Spanish flu pandemic. At the heart of nursing is the belief that all those who need medical care should have it, but in many overwhelmed health systems around the world it’s become necessary to triage patient care due to … Read more

The lessons New Zealand learned from Spanish flu

6 April 20204 April 2020 by Jai Breitnauer

‘Stay in your bubble’ didn’t exist 100 years ago, but our ancestors would want us to know how essential it is to do so, says Jai Breitnauer. It was a warm but slightly grey January day in 2019 when I pulled the car over to the side of SH1, just south of Temuka. Although it … Read more