Almost 12 people a week are being killed by accidents in their own homes, new ACC figures show.

Twelve New Zealanders are dying each week from accidents in their homes and alcohol is a significant factor, according to ACC statistics.

An internet safety group has backed John Key's view that the public reporting of suicide is now virtually beyond control, because young people routinely discuss cases on websites.

Victim advocates are relieved to see a reversal by ACC on its decision to cut funding for sexual abuse counselling, but the Greens say independent reviews should also follow other changes the Crown organisation has made.

The Society of Physiotherapists has been warned by the Commerce Commission over a letter it says may have been a bid to fix prices.

A Bay of Plenty sexual abuse victim is hiding in her home after ACC sent her patient file to a local dairy.

The survivor of the fatal Orewa College boiler explosion fears there are ticking time bombs in most Kiwi schools.

Government plans to apply "experience rating" - essentially a no- or low-claims discount on employers' ACC levies - from April next year.

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Plans to end ACC's workplace monopoly have received the ringing endorsement of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).

When Aaron Gilmore told police he had been sexually abused by a woman, the police officer's first response was: "I'm failing to see a crime here."

Just days after being raped by a stranger, a woman received a letter from ACC saying her pain wasn't enough to deserve counselling, she says.

Almost 90 per cent of ACC claims for sex abuse counselling have been turned down or held for more information since rule changes last October.