Epidemiologists say New Zealand needs a new, more generic pandemic plan which caters to worst case scenarios.
They say the Ministry of Health's national pandemic plan didn't properly account for a non influenza outbreak, and wasn't fit for purpose .
What's more, they say New Zealand relied on luck to get through the early days of the pandemic.
RNZ reporter Ben Strang has been looking into New Zealand's pandemic planning.
He speaks to Susie Ferguson.
