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

Discounts on ACC levies for businesses with good safety records will encourage some employers to cover up workplace accidents, opponents say.

Tax revenue was bigger than forecast and spending lower in the 11 months to the end of May, says Treasury.

Does Murdoch have his eye on Sky TV?

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.

People off work due to injury are likely to suffer high rates of depression and suicide, new research suggests.

Inquiries launched into injuries at petrol stations in the past two and-a-half years reveal less than half involved staff, according to documents obtained by nzherald.co.nz.

Labour's leader launches an attack on next week's Govt budget, accusing it of creating an unfair NZ which is increasingly lagging behind Australia.

Sexual abuse survivors plan a protest over changes to subsidised counselling - which they say are putting lives at risk.

Privatisation should only be allowed if there is evidence it will improve the system, former ACC chairman Ross Wilson says.