It was global - Pandemic (global): Epidemic (regional): Endemic (always found in one place)

Not everyone or every place is effected

Influenza characteristic: young and healthy

Where did it start? How did it spread?

Medicine is only as good as our current understanding or knowledge.

A short, sharp hit!

Not the only influenza epidemic

It was a trauma that was quickly forgotten. Why?

It had a significant impact: developed new health policies, demographic change.

Unexpected

Large scale event - magnitude (size), duration (length of time), impact (amount of change)

Unusual - out of the ordinary

Strategically important

IE had an impact on all of NZ

IE was severe on some people/places

Young, healthy people were susceptible

IE only lasted 4 months in NZ as a major event

illustrates what is happening at the time: Context

insight (deeper understanding) of people, places or events

IE of the medical knowledge at the time and public health policy

IE was in the context of WW1 - lots of competing needs

the context for rural Maori

brings about change: Social, Economic, and Political

for the better? Illustrate problems and suggest solutions.

paradigm shift: change in perception means a change in what we do

changes in health policy - 1920 Health Act

Did it generate societal changes?

Did it magnify trends that were already happening?

Was there political implications?

it has an emotional impact

becomes a persistent part of a culture

myths, legends and stories

How did it resonate with people at the time? Family stories.

What degree of trauma was associated with the IE?

How are people, places, and events recalled?

Commemoration: the act of remembering and recognising

Memorialisation: physical or cultural taonga/artifacts that help people remember.

Why was it not remembered more openly?

How did the memorialisation and commemoration differ?

What form do memorials take?