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Influenza is one of the first infectious diseases known to have reached epidemic proportions in New Zealand. It was widespread during 1852 and 1853. A European traveller noted that influenza was rife among Māori in Taranaki and Whanganui when he visited those regions in 1853. This extract from his journal was published in the Taranaki Herald.
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National Library of New Zealand, Papers Past
Reference: Taranaki Herald, 8 March 1854, p. 3
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