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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.
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.
Last year ACC shelled out almost $9 million for summer-related injuries, including $11,000 because of sunburn.
Struggling workers and businesses could have benefited from almost half a billion dollars in ACC levy cuts this year if the Government hadn't disregarded Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment advice, it has emerged.
ACC fraudsters have ripped off taxpayers by more than $10 million in the past four years.
A world champion yachtsman was mistakenly cleared of cancer when pathologists misread his biopsy. Now Murray Crockett is spending his dying days fighting for compensation to help support his family.
A cycling accident robbed scientist Robbie Price of his memories, but some of those precious memories are returning after eight months in a fog.
An MP has demanded ACC explain why it has more than halved overseas care payments to a British woman whose daughter was left severely disabled after a New Zealand medical misadventure.
Spider bites, the bends, exposure to chemicals and chafing have all resulted in serious workplace injuries to Kiwi workers, according to new figures.
A tetraplegic man declined New Zealand residency is being deported to Tonga to what his family fears is a death sentence.
Victims of complications with surgical mesh continue to come forward despite an investigation four years ago that ordered improved training for surgeons.
A Buller man who has been plagued by medical problems since 2008 may have to wait at least another two months for an ACC review to be completed.
ACC payouts should be extended to those disabled by disease or congenital deformities to address a long-standing injustice, says former PM Sir Geoffrey Palmer.
In the latest gaffe, a person working at the ACC sent details out of another man's criminal history to a member of the public.
If you wish to experience something rare, take the road less travelled. To appreciate the lie of the land, you must take the high road.
Widow fraudsters have stolen more than $763,000 from taxpayers by claiming ACC payments for their dead partners despite starting new relationships.
Nick Smith, tipped to return to the Cabinet after resigning early this year as a result of the Bronwyn Pullar scandal, stands by the hard line on long-term ACC claimants.
A surgical mesh that is the subject of international lawsuits and health warnings is still being implanted in hundreds of New Zealanders.