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New Workplace Safety Programme Paying Off
Thursday, 4 October 2007, 4:20 pm | ACC
New Zealand’s hospitality sector has a prime opportunity to ramp up its health and safety management to reduce workplace injuries and, ultimately, save itself money. More >>
Use Deaf Awareness Week to Reduce Workplace Noise
Monday, 24 September 2007, 2:50 pm | ACC
Excessive noise at work caused more than four and a half thousand New Zealanders over the past year to go deaf – deafness that cannot be cured, and could have been avoided. More >>
Rotorua District Council Gets Thumbs Up From ACC
Monday, 17 September 2007, 3:24 pm | ACC
Rotorua District Council's progressive leadership of community and workplace safety initiatives has received a ringing endorsement from ACC's CEO. Dr Jan White was the keynote speaker at the annual Local Government Health and Safety Conference in ... More >>
Tauranga's Council Receives Thumbs Up From ACC
Monday, 17 September 2007, 12:17 am | ACC
Dr White told the conference that councils have a huge part to play in keeping New Zealanders safe as they work and play. That can also be economically beneficial because people - including tourists - are attracted to safe places like Tauranga. More >>
Hawkes Bay Councils Get Thumbs Up From ACC
Monday, 17 September 2007, 12:16 am | ACC
Dr White told the conference that councils have a huge part to play in keeping New Zealanders safe as they work and play. That can also be economically beneficial because people – including tourists – are attracted to safe places, like Hawkes Bay. More >>
Christchurch's Council Receives Thumbs Up From ACC
Monday, 17 September 2007, 12:15 am | ACC
Christchurch City Council's leadership of the city's goal to become the "safest city in New Zealand" has been highly praised by ACC's CEO. More >>
Dishwashing Powder Campaign Wins National Award
Friday, 7 September 2007, 11:08 am | ACC
A campaign that successfully stopped sales of caustic dishwashing powder products has won a New Zealand Community Safety and Injury Prevention Award. The award was presented to Safekids New Zealand, the injury prevention service of Starship Children’s ... More >>
ACC launches Safety NZ Week
Friday, 31 August 2007, 4:50 pm | ACC
ACC Safety New Zealand Week starts today launching ACC's new three year approach to increase injury prevention in our communities. More >>
ACC Consults on 2008/09 levy rates
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 9:58 am | ACC
The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) is seeking submissions on its proposed levy rates for 2008/09. More >>
Review of the ACC Fraud Unit
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 10:59 am | ACC
The ACC Board has agreed that an independent report into its Fraud Unit will go to staff for consultation. “The report notes both positive and negative aspects of the Fraud Unit’s operations. For example, the report finds that the Fraud Unit ... More >>
ACC Launches New Research Fund
Friday, 3 August 2007, 1:36 pm | ACC
A new contestable research fund has been established by the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). “The fund is being established to encourage more research into a number of key areas that face ACC and the diverse communities it serves, both now ... More >>
ACC prevents injuries in Industrial sector
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 10:25 am | ACC
ACC has launched an online interactive program to help people working in the Industrial sector prevent discomfort, pain and injury. More >>
ACC Welcomes Findings of Physiotherapy Review
Friday, 27 July 2007, 10:24 am | ACC
ACC today welcomed the draft findings of the Government’s Review of the Way in which Physiotherapy Services are Funded and Accredited by ACC. More >>
ACC Endorses Police Lower Blood Alcohol Call
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 3:17 pm | ACC
ACC believes many New Zealanders are simply ignoring the drink-drive message or gambling that it won't be them that crashes or kills someone. More >>
ACC Comment On NZPA Story
Friday, 22 June 2007, 3:02 pm | ACC
ACC wishes to respond to the statement in this story that "She then made her way to Hawke’s Bay Hospital, but left when she found filling out forms for accident compensation too hard." More >>
New ACC Computer System In Place
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 10:39 am | ACC
The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has successfully completed a three year, $100 million project upgrading its computer systems. At its peak the project involved 170 staff and deployment stretched over 6 months. More >>
ACC supports raising booster seat age limit
Monday, 28 May 2007, 2:50 pm | ACC
Recent calls by Plunket to increase the use of child restraints by children aged over five years old have been endorsed by ACC. More >>
ACC gets 1000 Kiwis fit every week
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 9:34 am | ACC
A thousand New Zealanders a week, on average, are signing up for a healthy lifestyle by using a new website that provides free, tailored fitness and nutritional advice. More >>
ACC Launches Initiatives for the Deaf
Friday, 11 May 2007, 1:39 pm | ACC
The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has introduced a series of changes designed to help Deaf people access its service when they suffer an injury. More >>
ACC Comment on the Covered Advertising Campaign
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 9:45 am | ACC
ACC has agreed to make two small amendments to its Covered television commercial to meet the requirements of an Advertising Standards Complaints Board decision released today. More >>
