Events
- 19-20 March: Raetihi Forest Fire kills 3 and destroys over 150 homes.
- Early October: The first cases of Spanish flu are recorded in Auckland.
- 12 October: Troop ship R.M.S. Niagara returns, carrying a number of people ill with influenza. It is not quarantined. William Massey and Joseph Ward are aboard. Although later cited as the cause of the Spanish flu epidemic 6 persons had already died in the 3 days preceding its arrival.
- December: The flu epidemic eases. Over 8600 have died including at least 1260 Māori.
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“There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offered, and of small importance.”
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