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NZ Super value lifts asset book

The Crown's balance sheet expanded to more than $250 billion in the year ended June and its net worth grew 11 per cent to $75.5 billion.

ACC murderer denied parole

A man who stabbed an ACC staffer to death after a dispute over a payment has been declined parole.

Warning to properly manage concussion

Widow granted bail over $213,000 ACC fraud

What chronic conditions really cost ACC

People with chronic health conditions cost the accident compensation system 59 per cent more than healthy people without those conditions, researchers have found.

Drivers cash in on ambulance rort

Hundreds of motorists are falsely registering their cars as ambulances, avoiding more than $200 in fees.

Editorial: Govt wrong to prop up surplus with ACC levies

Revealed: Most injury-prone Kiwis

ACC has released a new report which reveals which area of the country makes the most new claims each year - and the most injury-prone region may surprise you.

Clients say ACC handles complaints poorly

Most ACC clients who complain about their treatment by the accident insurer believe their grievances have been handled poorly by the corporation, a new Auditor General's report has found.

Grieving family offer olive branch

The family of a girl killed in a crash with two other people say the tourist accused of causing the carnage is as much a victim as those who died.

Amputees lose faith in limb centre

Amputee Diane Smith has had 208 consultations at Auckland's state-owned artificial limb centre, yet none of the legs it has made for her has ever fitted properly.

Dental practice manager caught on ACC fraud

An Auckland dental practice manager who fradulently obtained more than $150,000 from ACC was caught out by his employer.

Mesh blamed for agony still used in ops

Carmel Berry feels like she has been "sitting on a barbed wire fence" for almost a decade since having an operation to repair a prolapsed uterus.

Injury costs man his job

One wrong step caused a horrific workplace accident which nearly took a man's life - and has now cost him his livelihood and will soon cost him his house.

Plan to save safe car owners $163 a year

Motorists with newer, safer cars may see their annual licence costs slashed by as much as $163 a year.

Car licence to bring lawbreakers into line

The cost of car relicensing could fall about 40 per cent by next July - a drop the Automobile Association expects will result in fewer cash-strapped motorists flouting the law.

Widow avoids jail over $213,000 ACC fraud

Fran O'Sullivan: Key pulls chain on Crusher Collins

Fran O'Sullivan asks, "What pushed Key to the point where he applied the choke chain to the Cabinet's Rottweiler? Pity Key didn't yank the chain earlier."