New Zealand's third Labour government achieved a great deal in its three controversial years. From the point of view of an insider, Dr Bassett describes the hopes, the achievements and the shortcomings, of an administration dedicated to reforming our social and economic structure. Dr Bassett kept notes during caucus and committee meetings and during most Parliamentary debates. Never before have New Zealanders been presented with an account of such significnt events, written by someone who was both a participant and a trained historian." -- Inside front cover.