Clever guy
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He is already standing too close and that stick would arc with that many volts flowing through it. The most likely outcome in reality if it had been energized. The arc would have jumped from the stick to him and no more New Zealand guy.
With only 10'000 V? That's a common Livestock Guardian*. Reaches at most 1 cm.
* though it probably has enough ampere to kill a cow