Table of Contents

E-government and information system development; What is 'e-government'?; ICT in New Zealand's health sector: A story of lost opportunity; A major health care information system project failure; The INCIS fiasco in the New Zealand police force; Landonline: Qualified success or partial failure?; Lessons from computer development in the New Zealand public sector; Notes; References; Index.

About the Author

Robin Gauld is a senior lecturer in Health policy, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago. He is the author of Revolving Doors: New Zealand's Health Reforms, editor of Continuity and Chaos: Health Care Management and Delivery in New Zealand (2003) and co-author of The Hong Kong Health Sector: Development and Change (2002). Shaun Goldfinch is a senior lecturer in Political Studies at the Univesity of Otago. He is the author of Remaking New Zealand and Australian Economic Policy: Ideas, Institutions and Policy Communities (2000).