Crises, calamity, and the crucial role of Kiwi innovation: leading the world in the development of plastic surgery through the 20th Century.

Past president of Te Ropu o te Ora, decorated war nurse

The memories of Carswell Burt, who contracted the 'flu in 1919.

A few milestones to mark the 130th anniversary of Palmerston North Hospital.

Self-described as 'a museum without walls', a living entity linking people, history and place

How medical histories interweave into an exhibition about commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi and military service

How filling time between flights has convinced a curator why everyone in Papakura should visit this museum.

A museum hidden in a town filled with bovine-related puns, Bulls Museum is worth a visit.

A blog about the exhibition The Death Ship and a curator's visit to the Army Museum.

A snapshot of the last global pandemic, the 1918 Spanish Flu.

The Spanish Flu killed many young parents who left children behind them.

Two First World War hospital ships

Explore some of the medical stories from Waikirikiri Selwyn District.

Explore the contents of a first aid kit from the Second World War.

Thousands of people died in 1918, but why the young and healthy?

How did the absence of a pandemic plan impact Aotearoa's response?

An overview of the last great pandemic in New Zealand.