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Midwives are welcoming more ACC cover for maternal birth injuries.

Proposed changes announced today will make up to 18,000 women a year who sustain birth injuries eligible for ACC cover.

Māni Dunlop… Audio

Pressure is mounting on the government to overhaul ACC, following further revelations the scheme also discriminates against the disabled, as well as women, Māori and Pasifika.

Critics say it's time… Audio

New analysis shows women are less likely to make ACC claims; they're more likely to be declined when they do, and receive far less compensation than men.

Over the past five years, it's become harder… Audio

New analysis shows ACC is biased against women, Māori and Pasifika.

Women are less likely to make claims, more likely to be declined when they do, and receive far less compensation than men.

Over… Audio

There's relief for the family of a woman who died of cancer, after a final ruling that she was wrongly denied money from ACC in the years before her death.

Deanna Trevarthen died of a cancer called… Audio

Sexual abuse survivors say the ACC claims process is broken. Figures revealed today show almost nobody makes it through the system with approval.

Only 32 percent of sexual abuse claims are approved… Audio

It was supposed to be a routine mountain bike outing - but for Andrew Leslie, the day ended up anything but. He was riding Wellington's Makara Peak last year on a trail he'd done before, but failed to… Audio

You may have heard in the news, coverage of ACC's denial of cover to women who suffer the most common type of childbirth-related injury. Cover of perineal tears has fallen dramatically since last… Audio

Some lawyers are questioning ACC's new policy covering the most common type of childbirth-related injury, saying many women could be missing out on cover they're entitled to.

ACC's cover of perineal… Audio

A new dispute resolution service is revolutionising the way many ACC claims are dealt with. Talk-Meet-Resolve was established 18 months ago by veteran ACC researcher and lawyer Warren Forster and… Audio

Of the 35,000 farmers and businesses eligible to access a subsidy for crush protection devices for quad bikes, only 270 have taken it up. Audio

A dead woman's fight to get ACC cover has continued to be debated in the Court of Appeal.

Deanna Trevarthen died in 2016 from mesothelioma, a lung cancer caused by asbestos fibres.

Before her death… Audio

Former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer wants a Royal Commission into ACC, saying the system that was a world-beater is now unjust.   Audio

ACC has agreed to reassess claims for surgical mesh injuries that it had previously declined.

Almost 400 people could have their cases reassessed under new clinical guidelines, which have been… Audio