Diseases and conditions

This section of the Ministry of Health website provides information about the Ministry’s work in relation to diseases and conditions.

Immunisation Advisory Centre

A nationwide organisation based at the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland which provides independent, factual information about immunisation.

Public health surveillance

This website, run by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), provides New Zealand public health surveillance data and information.

The 1918 influenza pandemic

A feature on the NZHistory website.

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Rice, Geoffrey W. Black November: the 1918 influenza pandemic in New Zealand. 2nd ed. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2005.

Rice, Geoffrey W. Black flu 1918: the story of New Zealand's worst public health disaster. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2018.

Wood, Pamela. Dirt: filth and decay in a new world arcadia. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2005.