Tim Wilson

So who were the doofuses with the spanners?

They were outside contractors.

Omexem, remember them?

So they're considering whether the concept of good electricity industry practice is fit for purpose.

No kidding!

Including in circumstances where industry participants may contract out significant parts of their functions.

So the rules that run the industry...

Don't cover – when you go and hire Brian the doofus with a spanner, the rules – and the rules broadly say, hey, look, you can prevent the towers falling over.

That would be really cool.

All words to that effect.

But when you go employ Brian the doofus –

Those rules no longer apply.

How is this possible?

Despite strong systems and oversight, human error can still occur.

Strong systems and oversight.

So there's a guy there unscrewing all the screws on the tower, and you've got strong systems and strong oversight, have you?

Watching all the screws come undone.

So, Simeon Brown originally, when he was Energy Minister, ordered the report, 26 recommendations for Omexum, Transpower, the Electricity Authority, Ministry of Business, blah, blah, blah.

All 19 recommendations from Transpower has been carried out.

So that's why we live in a country where a tower can fall over based on the fact that all the screws came undone, because that's how backward the rules are.