ACC has handled the issue of counselling for sexual abuse victims badly, Nick Smith says.

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.

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.

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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.

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.