Stephen Bell

A representative of National ICT Australia (Nicta), which provides a base for IT and communications research with links into government, research establishments and industry, has been taken on a whistlestop tour of New Zealand ministers and government officials.

Moves are afoot at the United Nations that could decide the way the Internet is run worldwide in the future.

Companies are asking for more functionality in portals, says BEA Systems Inc., but Web-enabled enterprise applications are making portal software vendors work harder for their money.

The next major challenge for e-government in New Zealand is to focus on the needs of the customer rather than government agencies, says new e-government unit head Laurence Millar.

The next major challenge for e-government in New Zealand is to focus on the needs of the customer rather than government agencies, says new e-government unit head Laurence Millar.

The final report on the feasibility of an "e-government application development centre" will be published this week.

The final report on the feasibility of an "e-government application development centre" is expected to be published before the end of this week. ...

New Zealand Associate IT Minister, David Cunliffe, is leading his country's delegation to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), in Geneva.