Emergency ambulances alongside the Wellington Town Hall during the 1918 flu epidemic

Emergency ambulances alongside the WellingtonWi

With the major attention given to the current pandemic this recalls what happened in NZ during October to December 1918 when about 9000 in the country died from the Spanish flu.  So far no-one has died from Covid-19 and at the time of writing only one person is in intensive care with another 7 in hospital.