Parallels to the Past

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Climate & Health
The impact of severe weather on Northland pharmacies
The impact the severe weather events of early 2023 had on the supply of medicines to Northland.
Your Place
Founders Heritage Park - a must do on your next visit to Nelson
A recent visit made a curator wish she had longer in Nelson.
Your Place
The Death Ship: A Fateful Voyage - reflections on a visit to the National Army Museum Te Mata Toa
A blog about the exhibition The Death Ship and a curator's visit to the Army Museum.
Epidemics Aotearoa
Armistice Day & the Spanish Flu
Celebrations marking the end of WWI heralded the emergence of a new enemy.
Epidemics Aotearoa
Driving Health Services Home
Dr Debbie Dunsford on how tuberculosis screening influenced our Covid-19 response.
Epidemics Aotearoa
­­­Covid-19 v the Spanish­­ Flu
How do Covid-19 and the 1918 Spanish Flu compare?
Parallels to the past
Just like my Poppa
Learning from the Spanish Flu – one family's story of pandemic loss, a hundred years ago.
Sound & Vision
Pandemic in pictures
A snapshot of the last global pandemic, the 1918 Spanish Flu.
Epidemics Aotearoa
The tragic tale of Aotearoa's orphans
The Spanish Flu killed many young parents who left children behind them.
Our Stories
Christmas Memories
Nurses Heather Spinetto and Jocelyn Peach recall special Christmas memories and shared camaraderie on the ward, with staff working hard to create Christmas magic for their patients, including families and children. Throughout history celebrating Christmas has always been important for nurses and their patients, from nurses in capes and candles singing Christmas carols in years gone by, through to the wonderful decorations made by nurses today.
Sports Health
Ngā Taonga Tākaro
Traditional Māori games.
Latest & New
Medical stories from Waikirikiri Selwyn District
Explore some of the medical stories from Waikirikiri Selwyn District.
Your Place
Medical stories from the Western Bay of Plenty
Explore some of the medical stories from the Western Bay of Plenty.
Epidemics Aotearoa
Was MIQ new?
A modern take on a centuries-old strategy in the fight against infectious disease.
Epidemics Aotearoa
The aftermath – lessons learned
The sobering legacy of Spanish Flu in Aotearoa.
Epidemics Aotearoa
Why did so many kiwis die?
Thousands of people died in 1918, but why the young and healthy?
Epidemics Aotearoa
No pandemic plan
How did the absence of a pandemic plan impact Aotearoa's response?
Epidemics Aotearoa
The Spanish Flu in Aotearoa
An overview of the last great pandemic in New Zealand.