Surges of mumps, measles and whooping cough in the last year have seen health officials urge us to get vaccinated.

A world expert, who's touched down in New Zealand, is backing up the calls.

Berkeley University's Professor Arthur Reingold is set to deliver a lecture at Auckland University.

He's long battled to change the minds of anti-vaxxers, but told Mike Hosking that the news is mixed.

"There are places where we're winning the battle, and there are other places where I think there is a great deal of work to do." 

He says that people care about their children, but the problem is there is a lot of misinformation. 

"Education is not the problem. They've come to believe certain things that are not true."

LISTEN TO ARTHUR REINGOLD TALK WITH MIKE HOSKING ABOVE