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ACC clients contacted over possible interest pay-out

ACC levy cuts to cancel out fiscal drag

Man worked three jobs while collecting ACC payments

Kids' scooter injuries skyrocket

The number of children seriously hurt while riding push scooters has skyrocketed with their popularity. More than 6000 under-14s were injured last year.

Editorial: Email blunders rebound on public rights

The email mistakes that embarrassed the Earthquake Commission and ACC are having ramifications for the public's right to access information from the state.

Watchdog's refusal to investigate death denies us justice, family say

Jump in netball ACC injuries

The number of injury compensation claims accepted from netball players has increased sharply, far outstripping the rise in the number of people playing the sport.

Only 30pc of NZ prepared for emergency

After the Canterbury earthquakes only 30 per cent of New Zealanders are prepared at home for an emergency and a Civil Defence report says there is little evidence on how prepared businesses are.

ACC names Scott Pickering as new boss

ACC claim mum: I would have aborted

A woman who says she would have terminated her pregnancy had doctors properly diagnosed her unborn child with spina bifida is seeking ACC cover for her disabled daughter.

Review quashes ACC decision to decline claim

A review has quashed ACC's decision to decline a West Coast man's claim for weekly compensation for health problems resulting from solvent exposure at Stockton mine.

Parents not told of fracture

The parents of a toddler who were not told he had fallen heavily on his first day of childcare discovered he had a 6cm skull fracture 24 hours later.

$100k bonus for ACC boss

Former ACC chief executive Ralph Stewart received a performance bonus of $100,493 when he left the corporation, it has been revealed.

$5k in exit lunches after ACC clearout

The exodus of board members and managers in the wake of privacy breaches at ACC last year cost the taxpayer $5000 in farewell and welcome functions.

ACC pays out $2m to govt workers

More than $2 million was paid out to workers in government departments last year - with dangerous prisoners and dysfunctional families to blame for a number of claims.

ACC pays out on sunburn

Last year ACC shelled out almost $9 million for summer-related injuries, including $11,000 because of sunburn.