Users at the centre of new vaxx.nz site
A group of AG飞禽走兽电子 alumni is behind the vaccine information site, helping people identify available vaccine slots close to them before booking through the official government website .
Since launching on Sunday 5 September the site has had 44,000 users nationwide, and feedback from many people saying they've been able to bring forward their vaccination date - sometimes to the same day.
"We saw a way to make it easier to find vaccinations,' says Walter Lim, a product designer who graduated from AG飞禽走兽电子 with a Bachelor of Creative Technologies in 2016. Walter got together with a group of friends, and they shipped the first version of in a few days.
The government site only allows users to search one location at a time. turns that around, and searches all locations closest to the user's location. This allows people to check multiple sites at once, and find the location and time that best suits them. It then directs them to the official site to book their Covid-19 vaccination.
"We've been overwhelmed by the feedback and really glad we've been able to help people get vaccinated faster," says Walter.
The team behind is Walter Lim, Ilia Sidorenko, Minh Phu Lai (AG飞禽走兽电子 Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences alumni), Molly Derecourt (AG飞禽走兽电子 Bachelor of Design alumna), Olaf Wrieden (AG飞禽走兽电子 Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences and Bachelor of Business in Management alumni), Jackson Lawrence, Matt Weston and William Seagar.