Around 90 per cent of the increases in next year's ACC levies arise from a more conservative approach to ensuring the scheme is adequately funded.

The partner of the Napier siege gunman received nearly $10,000 in ACC compensation after he committed suicide.

Motorcycle protesters are threatening to block shopping mall car parks unless the Government abandons proposed accident compensation levy rises.

"I've broken laws heaps of times ... I do it every day" National MP Tau Henare claimed today, during an argument over whether ACC should pay compensation to criminals.

Double-killer Graeme Burton got a free titanium artificial leg from ACC to replace the right leg lost during a shooting rampage two years ago.

A new program to help reduce ACC costs will make it more difficult for some people to get medical scans.

Recoveries in the investment performance of the ACC and New Zealand Superannuation Fund portfolios have helped offset a dramatic fall in the tax take over the past three months, says Treasury.

A second toddler has been driven over in the space of 24 hours and is in Tauranga Hospital with serious head injuries.

Police have named a toddler who died after a vehicle driven by her father hit her on the driveway of their Waikato home.

A Labour MP suggests insurance companies could have contributed to National's election campaign with ACC reform in mind.

Labour's David Parker calls the Govt's bill a 'fundamental assault' on the principles of ACC.