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The following lists events that happened during 1918 in New Zealand.
The jubilation over the end of World War I was overshadowed by the Spanish flu pandemic reaching New Zealand. In four months, it is estimated that over 8600 New Zealanders died of the disease and between one third and one half of the population were infected. The death rate for Māori was estimated at 42 per thousand (approx 2,160 deaths) compared to 5.6 per 1000 (6,400 deaths) for European New Zealanders.[1][2][3]
- ^ Chch City Libraries website gathered 17 July 2006
- ^ Noted. "1918 flu centenary: How to survive a pandemic". Noted. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Rice, Geoffrey; Bryder, Linda. Black November : the 1918 influenza pandemic in New Zealand (2nd ed.). Christchurch, N.Z. ISBN 9781927145913. OCLC 960210402.