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Sound like a big joke to me Mike.

Sometimes a lightbulb may have been removed but the sinks and toilets not.

An ex rental may have been stripped of certain items, but it looks that that TV program is stirring s#@&.

Regards from Auckland

The augment I'm constantly faced with on the forum i am referring to is that Australia and N/Z both use AS/NZ3000
There has been claims made by statistics that since the deregulation of N/Z death rates have been reduced
So if this is about reducing fatality's why cant Australian laws allow home owners to DIY Electrical work

Nev,
I think you may have slightly mis-construed what I was trying to say.
Sure, both Aussie and NZ, use AS/NZS 3000, however that is a wiring standard only, it gives a benchmark as to HOW the work must be done.

New Zealand uses the New Zealand Electricity Regulations, it is this document and this one alone, that states who can and cannot do PRESCRIBED electrical work and the limits thereof.
Aussie does not use the NZ Electricity Regulations, as far as I am aware.