Then there was the time when we went to the meeting with the maf prior to the new import regs and were invited to the "reef smasher's quarantine facility by the two top people from Maf as an example of how it should be done. Eddie and I had a competition called "spot the non compliance" or what would you not get away with in Christchurch.
There was water all over the floor from overflowing and leaking tanks, three varieties of fish that were prohibited imports and newly bred orandas and white clouds. All of which you would be excommunicated or circumsized with a blunt knife for in Christchurch. I remember the senior Inspector standing in front of a tank of baby white clouds and going on about how good it was that this man was even breeding neons. All the guys there were importers and had agreed on the way that there would be no criticisms till we got home. Hard not to choke but a good learning experience.