Michael Baker

Professor Michael Baker has been a constant and reassuring presence throughout the Covid-19 lockdown period. He returns to answer your questions and ours about the pandemic and the upcoming move to… Audio

The details about what life will look like at Alert Level 2 are set to be announced today.

There are existing guidelines about what would be allowed - but the Prime Minister says the new rules may… Audio

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will join Australia's national cabinet meeting at midday today to discuss whether a trans-Tasman bubble is a possibility.

For weeks New Zealanders have been… Audio

An epidemiologist is worried people's loose approach to the rules could result in community transmission if someone unknowingly had Covid-19.

It wouldn't be until late this week - or even next week -… Audio

Professor Michael Baker has been a constant and reassuring presence on Sunday Morning throughout the Covid-19 lockdown period. He returns to answer your questions and ours about the pandemic and the… Audio

New Zealand has been making international headlines overnight for "eliminating" Covid 19.

A story titled "Coronavirus currently eliminated in NZ" led the BBC website.

Similar stories appeared in the… Audio

Professor Michael Baker has been a constant and reassuring presence on Sunday Morning throughout the Covid-19 lockdown period. He returns to answer your questions and ours about the pandemic. Audio

It's the last weekend in lockdown, as the country moves from level four to level three restrictions on Tuesday. Authorities are warning people not to become complacent as the shift approaches.

The… Audio

Dr Michael Baker, epidemiologoist and professor of public health at Otago University in Wellington joins us once again to talk us though the latest coronovirus data. Audio

University of Otago public health professor Michael Baker says he's "reassured" by the Government's work to eliminate Covid-19.

He told Morning Report on the whole he's happy with the government's… Audio

One of the Government's key pandemic advisors say he is still in the dark over whether this country has good enough border control, testing and tracing systems to keep the coronavirus at bay.

Cabinet… Audio

Two top pandemic advisers to the Government say they have not seen crucial Covid-19 data, and some other data is weak, with five days to go till a decision on lockdown.

Epidemiologist Michael Baker… Audio

A group of academics are calling on the government to get the country back to normal as soon as the lockdown ends, but other experts are saying normality could be months away.

The group, led by… Audio

Professor Michael Baker is with us again on Sunday Morning to discuss the latest in the battle against Covid-19 and answer your questions and ours as New Zealand enters the third week of the… Audio

Even before the first hints we had “turned a corner” with Covid-19, pundits were pumping up the volume on calls to loosen the lockdown and get more shops and businesses open again. But others in the… Audio

The Prime Minister will announce today that every person arriving in New Zealand will have to go into supervised quarantine.

Academics and opposition MPs have been demanding such action, saying… Audio

On the cusp of our third week of lockdown, public health researchers are working on how to identify if and when Covid-19 has been eliminated from the country.

They say increased testing is essential… Audio

New Zealand is ramping up testing for Covid-19, as it tries to eliminate the virus.

The case definition for the virus has been widened, to allow more people to be tested even if they did not recently… Audio

The Prime Minister has warned New Zealand's border will be closed for many months, as the country attempts to contain the spread of Covid-19.

Michael Baker is a medical epidemiologist at Otago… Audio

Public health physician from the University of Otago, Wellington, Professor Michael Baker has been a leading voice throughout this current Covid-19 crisis and he joins us again on Sunday Morning to… Audio