Mike Kawana, Rangitāne o Wairarapa kaumātua, talks about the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic experience on his whānau. AN INDISCRIMINATE ATTACK ON MĀORIThe huge disparity in loss of life between Māori and non-Māori was the most striking feature of the 1918 influenza pandemic particularly the second wave. Neil Macbeth Nurses at Māori Hospital, Temuka, South Canterbury during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Princess Te Puea’s work was cited in the current Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s Māori Pandemic Plan Template. PUTTING ‘ON OUR RANGATIRATANGA PANTS’Dr Rāwiri Jansen is a co-leader of the national Māori pandemic response group Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā.

Source: Stuff April 08, 2021 16:52 UTC