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.

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.

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'.

Beware. You may not know it, but there's one day of the year that you're more likely to injure yourself than any other. And that day is looming...

A woman who defrauded ACC of more than $200,000 has been sentenced to 11 months' home detention, the corporation says.

After the Accident Compensation Corporation refused to pay for treating some of her injuries, Yahaloma Hochman feels her life is no longer worth living.

An Ashburton man has been sentenced to home detention after pretending to be wheelchair-bound to keep his ACC cover.

Call for course funding as toddlers' safety skills improve with nine-week programme.

The trailer was packed, the wife and kids were waiting in the car and Mike Moth needed to run inside to get one last thing.

The most expensive claim filed with the Accident Compensation Corporation for an injury suffered around the home has cost taxpayers more than $1 million.

Ah summer. Icecream, jandals, BBQs, long hot days at the beach....and hundreds of thousands of injury claims to ACC.

Clumsy Kiwis have fallen into gutters, crashed into trees and collided with other people while texting and walking.

Judith Collins has eased off on suggestions workplace safety training run by the Council of Trade Unions and Business NZ is a taxpayer rip-off, the union and employer organisations said yesterday.

The Accident Compensation Corporation will end a health and safety training programme it said today after activist group the Taxpayers Union highlighted almost $20 million in spending on the training which generated few benefits.