ACC news
ACC decisions reach almost every New Zealand household: levy rates, maximum and minimum weekly compensation, and the boundary between what ACC covers and what it never will. The accident scheme’s figures change on two separate dates each year — levies on 1 April, the compensation maximum on 1 July — and these stories track both, sourced to ACC’s own publications.
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- ACC's 2029/30 target requires about 11,000 people a year to leave long-term cover — ACC, 2026-07-30. ACC wants its long-term claims pool below 20,000 by 2029/30. Working that back through ACC's own exit and entry numbers, it means moving roughly 3,000 more people a year off weekly compensation than ACC managed in 2024/25. Source: ACC, Turnaround Plan 2026/27.
- ACC's own numbers put the national income protection gap at about $714 million a year — ACC, 2026-06-17. ACC's Injuries in New Zealand report counts more than 20 million days away from work. Because ACC replaces 80% of pre-injury earnings by design, the uncovered fifth of its own weekly compensation spend comes to roughly $714 million a year. Source: ACC, Injuries in New Zealand.
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