_The Evening Post_, 24 February 1925:
LOCAL AND GENERAL
The #schools throughout New Zealand will not reopen till Monday, 9th March, at the earliest. A decision to this effect was reached by Cabinet yesterday. Should the infantile paralysis outbreak necessitate another postponement of the opening, a further announcement will be made.
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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250224.2.27
_Te Ara_ encyclopedia page about polio in NZ https://teara.govt.nz/en/epidemics/page-4
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