RMS Niagara - Royal Mail Ship
Docked - Came to Auckland
Quarintine - When strict isolation is imposed to limit or contain the spread of disease
Epidemic - Diease that effects a large group of people
Death toll - Number of deaths
Tangi - Funeral
Urupa - Traditional Maori Cemetery
Source - where something comes from
People thought the flu came from Royal Mail Ship that docked in Auckland.
They thought that because a rumor spread that the ship hadn’t been quarintined
because the prime minister. The disease spread around New Zealand. If 10 pakeha people died
then 50 or something Moari people would die. The Royal Mail Ship came from England which was
in the same team as us. Later on Whina coopers father died and they didn’t have time to have a
funeral so they just went straight away to bury him.
They thought that because a rumor spread that the ship hadn’t been quarintined
because the prime minister. The disease spread around New Zealand. If 10 pakeha people died
then 50 or something Moari people would die. The Royal Mail Ship came from England which was
in the same team as us. Later on Whina coopers father died and they didn’t have time to have a
funeral so they just went straight away to bury him.
- RMS - Sunk by a German mime off the Northland coast in 1940
- Niagara - It’s a famous Waterfall.
- when it was built - 17 Agust 1912
- where it came from England
- who was the captain - Isaac Chauncey
- what is the difference between RMS and HMRS - RMS ( Royal Mail Ship) HMRS ( Her Majesty Royal ship
Intersting information Hope!
ReplyDeleteI like how you have really explained how the disease xame to NZ.