"New Zealand’s low wages can be blamed on low productivity, and low productivity can be blamed on poor regulation."

"New Zealand’s low wages can be blamed on low productivity, and low productivity can be blamed on poor regulation. To raise productivity, we must allow people to spend more time on productive activities and less time on compliance. ...
    "In a nutshell: If red tape is holding us back, because politicians find regulating politically rewarding, then we need to make regulating less rewarding for politicians ... "

~ David Seymour from his press release ' Bill for transparent principled lawmaking to be read in the House'