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

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

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.

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.

Labour says it would run a Royal Commission into the public sector to address issues such as ministers' bullying of civil servants and the threat of "creeping corruption".

Motorists will be better off to the tune of $135 a year on average under ACC levy cuts confirmed yesterday.

NZ workers and businesses are to be denied almost $180 million in ACC levy cuts next year as recommended by the corporation, leaving it with an embarrassment of riches.

Tauranga's coroner says "significant and serious failures" in the health care provided at Tauranga Hospital to two patients contributed to their premature deaths.

The chronic pain and health problems from mesh implants is a medical disaster that has affected an unknown number of victims, parliament has heard.

The District Court will be replaced as the main venue of accident compensation appeals by a new tribunal, the Government has confirmed.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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."

ACC will pay for every cent of rape victims' counselling as part of a major overhaul of its sensitive claims system later this year.

The privacy waiver form used by ACC for 1.7 million claims a year is unlawful, a lawyer says.

Judith Collins was under pressure on two fronts yesterday, facing further questions over both the Oravida conflict-of-interest saga and widespread fresh privacy issues in her ACC portfolio.

ACC gives details of tens of thousands of people's injury claims every year to recruitment agencies and prospective employers.

ACC is restarting payments to claimants it had unlawfully cut off for rejecting its demand for wide access to personal information about them.

Labour admits its new transport policies - scrapping trucks from fast lanes and motorhome rego fees - are 'small', while the Transport Minister labelled them a 'joke'.

A judge has overturned ACC's policy of cutting off accident claimants' compensation if they refuse to approve widespread gathering of information about themselves.

A judge has overturned ACC's policy of cutting off accident claimants' compensation if they refuse to approve widespread gathering of information about themselves.