
Victory after long battle for compo
Patient battles through two reviews and three court cases to prove that his treatment injury happened at the time of surgery.
Patient battles through two reviews and three court cases to prove that his treatment injury happened at the time of surgery.
When Alan Taikato heads into Waihi tomorrow Wednesday to pay his bills and do his weekly shopping, he'll be riding a new electric
Motorcyclists dying on country's roads are likely to be older people, who have got more time and cash on their hands to ride deceptively powerful machines.
Going to the gym is meant to improve your health - but it's increasingly leaving gym bunnies with bumps and bruises and strains.
Grandma mind the eggnog and little Timmy beware the shiny new skateboard, as Christmas Day is dangerous.
Hundreds of people have lodged injury claims following last month's massive magnitude-7.8 earthquake.
As a 2-year-old, Jack Dragicevich, 11, suffered third degree burns to 11 per cent of his body - now he wants to warn others.
ACC has been named the winner of this year's Deloitte Top 200 Excellence in Governance Award.
The winners of the 2016 Deloitte Top 200 Awards were celebrated at a black tie event this evening with Z Energy winning big.
ACC has forked out close to $675 million in the last decade for patients injured after botched medical treatments, misdiagnosis, post-surgery infections.
Limb service denies over-charging, rectifies administrative issues
A former Kiwi soldier who suffered post-traumatic stress while serving in Afghanistan has been awarded compensation in a landmark ruling.
A cancer patient is pleading with the Government to fund treatment for everyone exposed to asbestos.
A treatment injury has ended newlywed cancer survivor Darren Ludlam's working life but an "unlucky" set of circumstances means he can't receive ACC.
Kiwi claimants are pressing on with their bid to have a hip maker punished.
Dramatic details have been revealed of an incident which left a teenage boy seriously injured at a Christchurch trampoline park.
The terms will see NZ Super and ACC acquire 45 per cent of Kiwibank for a price provisionally put at $495 million.
After spending $100,000 on drug Keytruda, Deanna Trevarthen's tumours are shrinking and she is preparing for her next fight - to change ACC legislation.
Pokemon Go players have been warned of the real-life dangers around them as they use their mobile phones to search for virtual characters in video game.
Sexual attack survivors and advocates call for ongoing taxpayer-funded counselling without a mental health illness diagnosis.
It is absolutely possible to contribute to KiwiSaver while receiving ACC payments. But it's not obligatory.
Two patients injured in clinical trials have fought with international drug companies for compensation, sparking a call for a return to cover by the ACC.
Twisted ankles, broken bones and other school holiday mishaps cost millions of dollars each year.
COMMENT: New Zealand has no shortage of tea-stained reports about the failures of Child Youth and Family and its hard-working, well-meaning staff.
Kiwis who received faulty metal-on-metal hip replacements urged to come forward for class action against manufacturer.
New Zealand Rugby - while sympathetic and moved by the plight of former players battling dementia - says its obligation is to protect the current generation.
We're lucky. Few countries have such an all-encompassing no-fault accident compensation scheme as we do in New Zealand with ACC, writes Diana Clement.
Bill English says he's willing to wait for next year's review of the Reserve Bank's policy targets agreement to consider whether it is still appropriate.
Tackling anti-competitive behaviour is one of new dame's many missions.