7 Nov 2018

How NZ took influenza to Samoa, killing a fifth of its population

From Morning Report, 7:50 am on 7 November 2018

A hundred years ago today, the SS Talune steamed into Apia from Auckland with a disease that unleashed devastation on Samoa: the Spanish flu. Its effects linger today, and as locals gather to commemorate, they're also rallying to not let anyone in New Zealand forget. RNZ Pacific's Jamie Tahana reports.