I see Kate Wilkinson has resigned due to shortcomings by DOL under her watch (although she kept her other portfolios and her salary doesn't go down) - any chance that Minister Williamson might do the "honorable" thing and resign as well given all the cock ups the PGDB have made under his watch? 

Linkback: https://www.plumbers.nz/politics/76/minister-for-dol-resigns-any-chance-minister-williamson-might-do-the-same/1291/

one big Pike River bell.

In no way do I feel that I have slighted any of the families involved in the Pike River accident, and if it has been taken that way then I sincerely apologise. 

The Minister resigned becasue it was the honourable thing to do.  There were years of mismanagement that led to that tragedy.  There has been at least a decade of very bad mismanagement that has led to the state that the PGD industry is in now.  There hve also been reports from government agencies around the governance of the PGD industries too - damning as well.  The point I attempted to make, and obviously I did it badly, was the our Minister has overseen reports and complaints and people pointing out what the potential problems are to the public and to industry - and nothing has changed, in fact in many cases it has worsened.  In the end, as a Minister, he is responsible - and on his watch things have gone very, very pear shaped.  It would be, in my opinion, honourable for him to resign.