The Vision Thing
We believe we are fortunate to be part of a digital, creative revolution which is transforming the nature of knowledge and creativity.
We believe each of our projects needs to make its own, however small, contribution to this transformation.
We love the work we do and enjoy the people we get to work with.
We believe business is personal and the best of the web is a conversation.
Origins
McGovern Online is one of New Zealand’s oldest web companies. Founded by Paul Reynolds and Helen Smith in 1995, fourteen years later we are proud to be described as boutique, smart, and great to work with.
For the first few years the company built its reputation in the legal, government and advocacy world, with clients as widespread as Auckland District Law Society, The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner, The Knowledge Basket, Russell McVeagh and Minter Ellison.
On the government / agency side we have worked with a swathe of government departments and agencies such as the NZ Ministry of Economic Development, The Waitangi Tribunal, and Crown Forestry Research Trust.
Our Current Focus is....
Arts, Heritage and Cultural Sector
Twelve years later, though our curiosity is still wide-ranging, we have developed a strong footprint in the arts, heritage and cultural sector – especially with Art Galleries, Museums, and Libraries.
We have also worked with a number of New Zealand publishers and authors, and have been sponsors to the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival for five years.
Politics, Civil Society and Community Development
We also retain a strong interest in building new networks and connection points between governments and civil society, including working with tangata whenua on new ways of collaborating for civil society.
Education
We are currently enjoying some interesting partnership projects with the library and education sectors.
User-Centred Design and Process
Over time we have grown our competency and passion in a number of key areas, including user-centred interaction design, strong visual architectures, and first class editorial and content management.
Web 2.0: Read - Write - Collaborate
Recently we have contributed to, designed, and also built a number of read / write collaborative social networking spaces for a number of different clients.
Studio, Consult, Tools:
We operate through three intersecting business areas:
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Research, scope, design and build beautiful web sites, web properties and web applications. More »
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Working with key local and international clients creating and documenting bold and sustainable digital strategies for the whole organisation. More »
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Developing tactical loosely coupled web 2.0 type applications which live inside or alongside bigger web properties. More »
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Each of these areas are independent but can share a project and/or a client if this is the right approach. Alternatively, each area can work with other external agencies on the the various pieces of the solution.
McGovern begins every new project with a conversation. There is no obligation and no prior agenda. All conversations are confidential. It’s the results we like to go public with!