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.

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 staff are on the receiving end of a growing number of threats to the organisation, with one client saying his case manager "was lucky he didn't shoot her".

Sir Geoffrey Palmer's call to include disease and congenital disabilities under ACC would mark a radical change in our social welfare system.

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.

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.

A head-injury victim has been threatened with loss of compensation after ACC's medical adviser failed to clarify how few hours a week he thought the man could work.

Twenty people have received ACC payouts for injuries by sharks so far this year - a drop in the ocean compared to other animal-related injury claims.

The ACC has partially backed down on a new privacy initiative adopted in the wake of the Bronwyn Pullar affair but which was criticised as costly and inconvenient for clients.