rewharewha - epidemic; influenza, flu
rewharewha. 1. n. Epidemic sickness, particularly a visitation about the beginning of the nineteenth century; influenza, etc.
2. A species of eel.
3. a. Confused, mistaken. Kei te ahua rewharewha ahau.
Williams Dictionary
Nō te tau 1918 te rewharewha kino.The deadly influenza struck in 1918.Belonging to the past - nō