One Health Aotearoa investigators have been highly sought after as opinion leaders on the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to providing technical advice to various authorities, our investigators have featured prominently in the media in the effort to provide accurate and timely expert opinion on this developing situation and to keep New Zealand informed.
Here is a selection of opinion pieces and interviews given by our infectious diseases experts:
- Monday ‘too soon’ to decide Covid-19 alert level drop
Siouxsie Wiles & David Murdoch, Stuff, 8 May - There are zero new Covid-19 cases today, now what?
Ayesha Verrall, Stuff, 4 May - Genetic scientists map spread of COVID-19 in New Zealand
Joep de Ligt & David Murdoch, RNZ, 1 May - NZ wasn’t ready for a pandemic
Nick Wilson & Michael Baker, Newsroom, 29 April - Pacific doctor praises ‘fantastic response’ from NZ Pasifika community in fight back against COVID-19
Kiki Maoate, Breakfast, 28 April - Reopening schools as safe as ever, health experts say
Tony Walls, Stuff, 27 April - Getting sick in lockdown
Matloob Husain, SMC Expert Reactions, 24 April - Digital element needed to fight COVID-19
Michael Baker, RNZ, 21 April - Rapid audit of contact tracing for COVID-19 in New Zealand
Ayesha Verrall, Ministry of Heath Report, 20 April - The next level
Patricia Priest, RNZ, 19 April - Kiwi flu studies expand to include COVID-19
ESR, Newshub, 16 April - Relying on other countries for vaccine ‘wrong approach’, top scientists say
Miguel Quinones-Mateu & James Ussher, Stuff, 15 April - Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in NZ
- Amanda Kvalsvig & David Murdoch, SMC Expert Reactions, 9 April
- Rural health academics call for move to district reporting of Covid-19 data
- Garry Nixon, Press Release, 9 April
- Epidemiologists feeling ‘reasonably positive’ about NZ progress
Michael Baker, RNZ, 7 April - Pharmac restricts access to hydroxychloroquine
Steve Chambers & David Murdoch, RNZ, 3 April - Virus research in Dunedin containment lab
Miguel Quinones-Mateu, ODT, 1 April - Understanding the evidence behind quarantine
Ayesha Verrall & Mick Roberts, SMC Expert Reactions, 1 April - “We predicted this”
Eddie Holmes, The Latest from Science (Australian Academy of Science, 31 March - Medics answer your virus questions
One Health Aotearoa, Stuff, 30 March - COVID-19 modelling shows Kiwi lives will be saved
David Murdoch, RNZ, 27 March - The COVID-19 risk for rural communities
Garry Nixon & Nigel French, SMC Expert Reactions, 26 March - What you can and can’t do after New Zealand’s alert level increase
Steve Chambers, Newshub, 23 March - Why New Zealand needs to continue decisive action to contain coronavirus
Michael Baker, Nick Wilson, The Conversation, 19 March - Social distancing: A way to everybody’s friend
Patricia Priest, RNZ, 19 March - Simple, common factor in success against COVID-19 in Asia
James Ussher, Newsroom, 18 March - New border restrictions to tackle COVID-19
David Murdoch, Michael Baker, Siouxsie Wiles & Joshua Freeman, SMC Expert Reactions, 14 March - Calls to resist the urge to politicise the coronavirus
David Murdoch, RNZ, 13 March - ESR performs first New Zealand genome sequencing on COVID-19 sample
ESR, Press release, 9 March - New Zealand must learn from China’s success in managing COVID-19
Ayesha Verrall, Stuff, 6 March - ESR provides COVID-19 testing for Pacific Island countries
ESR, Press release, 5 March - Scientific hand-washing advice to avoid infection
Siouxsie Wiles, RNZ (with video), 3 March - Coronavirus: The facts
David Murdoch, Newstalk ZB (with video), 2 March - Is New Zealand ready?
Ayesha Verrall, Sunday, 23 February - COVID-19: another infectious disease emerging at the animal-human interface
David Murdoch & Nigel French, NZMJ Editorial, 21 February - SARS-CoV-2: a novel deadly virus in a globalised world
Anja Werno, NZMJ, 21 February - COVID-19: ‘High chance’ coronavirus will arrive in New Zealand – expert
David Murdoch, NewsHub, 21 February - Coronavirus update: spread outside China and a new name
Siouxsie Wiles, Sciblogs, 16 February - Pandemic expert says NZ too slow to act on coronavirus
Nick Wilson, RNZ, 13 February - Novel Coronavirus has characteristics of a pandemic – expert
Michael Baker, RNZ, 10 February - Reducing human consumption of wildlife key to stomping out deadly viruses
David Hayman, Stuff/Manawatu Standard, 6 February - NZ should prepare for a potentially severe global coronavirus pandemic
- Michael Baker & Nick Wilson, Blog post, 6 February
- Bracing for novel coronavirus on NZ shores
Nick Wilson, Michael Baker, SMC Expert Reaction, 4 February - Coronavirus: Infectious disease expert
David Murdoch, Newstalk ZB (with video), 3 February - Hygiene practices, not masks, key to avoiding viruses
Patricia Priest, RNZ, 2 February - Test to detect novel coronavirus available in New Zealand
ESR, Press release, 31 January - Novel coronavirus and border screening
Patricia Priest, David Murdoch, SMC Expert Reaction, 30 January - New Zealand teenagers caught up in China’s strict coronavirus lockdown
James Ussher, 1 News, 29 January - Coronavirus: Everything you need to know
David Hayman, Siouxsie Wiles, Mick Roberts, NZ Herald, 28 January - Novel coronavirus origins and wider impacts
David Hayman, Mick Roberts, SMC Expert Reaction, 28 January - Novel coronavirus spreads
Siouxsie Wiles, SMC Expert Reaction, 22 January - Novel coronavirus detected in China
Michael Baker, SMC Expert Reaction, 14 January