The electronics side of my work really doesn't have any rules and regulations that affect me, other than the usual self-employment red-tape as outlined above.
The Social Security mob seem to have a habit of changing things for the sake of change. I take it that you have offices in NZ (and elsewhere) where thos looking for work can go to register, look at vacancies, claim benefit, and so on?
Over here, these places used to be called a "Labour Exchange." In recent times they've changed their name so often so I've lost track of it all. "JobCentre" is the current term, I think. But every time they change it costs a fortune to put up new fancy signs, change all their letterheads, etc. To be precise, it costs all of us a fortune, as it comes out of taxes!
But I understand that some people consider our bureaucracy to be quite reasonable by comparison to other countries. I've heard stories that the Italian red-tape is quite horrendous.
