12 Oct 2021

Science teacher makes online game of 1pm Covid-19 updates

From First Up, 5:33 am on 12 October 2021

Have you ever watched the 1pm press conference and thought pah! that's not what I would do...well now is your chance to see what would happen if you were in power. Peter Wills is a science teacher in Tamaki Makaurau and has made an online text adventure game where YOU can be Pirimia - Prime Minister and see if your decisions can stop Covid-19. The game gives you information week by week and you have to decide what measures to take at the 1pm presser - it ends at your Whanau Christmas lunch where everyone tells you exactly what they think of your policies. Peter spoke to our producer Ellie Jay.