Little introduced a private member 's bill in the ballot that , if passed , would create a new criminal offence of corporate manslaughter . The bill was drafted in the wake of the 2010 Pike River Mine disaster and the CTV Building collapse during the 2011 Christchurch earthquake . The bill is modelled on the United Kingdom 's Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 . Little believes the bill is needed as " the track record of prosecutions under the Health and Safety Act is that they tend to focus on lower level failures because getting the evidence and securing the conviction are easier , but personal responsibility for fatalities goes unchecked . " A 2012 3News poll found that seventy-four percent of respondents would like to see a charge of corporate manslaughter introduced
Pike River Mine disaster
Pike River Mine disaster
Andrew Little (New Zealand politician)