Photo: Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
100 years ago this week, New Zealand was in the grip of the influenza pandemic. 9,000 New Zealanders died in the two month period between October and December 1918. By late November, schools had been turned into hospitals, trains and buses were stopped, public gatherings were banned and city streets were deserted.
Many memories of this grim time are held in recordings in the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision and today Sarah Johnston is going to play some of them. You can learn more about the plague here.
