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

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.

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.

Ladder-related injuries are costing Kiwis almost $17 million a year, and those aged 50 to 64 are taking the most tumbles.

The number of patients who received state-funded spinal fusion surgery doubled in the decade to 2011.

A family friendly board game, Reach the Beach, has been created by police and the Accident Compensation Corporation to encourage safer journeys on the roads over summer.

The offer of money made to the Pike River families by the mine's former boss doesn't look good, Prime Minister John Key says.

ACC Minister Judith Collins has confirmed $387 million worth of ACC levy cuts from April next year.

Kiwis could be in for lower car registration fees and taxes after ACC's recommendation of a five per cent cut in the levy it charges on motor vehicles.

The amount of money managed by the ACC has more than doubled in the past five years and it is now NZ's largest investment manager - outstripping the NZ Super.

More Aucklanders than ever were bitten, butted and bruised by dogs last year as record levels of claims for dog-inflicted injuries were reported.

Ten days before Jason Gibson died, he visited his parents at their Christchurch home.

Hundreds of ACC claims arising from firework injuries are expected in the next few days as New Zealanders let off shop-bought explosives.

ACC has been ordered to pay lost wages and compensation to a worker who was sacked over a privacy breach - but it won't have to reinstate her.