ACC Futures Coalition

15/12/2025

Hmmm....Reason Unknown is the winner

14/12/2025

We extend a heartfelt welcome and offer of help to Naomi Ogg who takes over from retiring Women's Refuge New Zealand CE, Dr Ang Jury.
Te mahi, te wero me te tūmanako.

Media Release – 28 August 2025 Women’s Refuge Announces Appointment of Naomi Ogg as New Chief Executive Women’s Refuge is delighted to announce the appointment of Naomi Ogg as Chief...

14/12/2025

The Helen Clark Foundation on our national shame. The report also outlines the strategies to renew generational hope and healing. Thank you Helen Clark
ACC New Zealand need to look in the mirror, show courage and leadership, massively increase Prevention funding and resources whilst recognising it has the ability to make a difference.

Its report highlighted four areas it says will create "practical, meaningful and lasting change".

14/12/2025

No Xmas Cheer: Our Dec 2025 Press Release and comments on ACC's cost cutting and exit of long-term injured Kiwis.

ACC Futures Coalition believes many clients are being exited from the scheme without full rehabilitation or access to consistent best practice specialised medical advice regarding their ability to return to work.

14/12/2025

Our Dec 2025 Press Release and comments on ACC's cost cutting and exit of long-term injured.

ACC does not, and cannot, function on a series of blanket rules; each person is different, their accidents are different, and their recovery is different.

14/12/2025

"Unknown Reason" explanation to exit 5000 injured off ACC is not a reason.
Give us the detail and the data please.

People like father Jacob Hamlin and his family have wound up in hardship as the agency pushes more people off long-term claims to get costs under control.

24/11/2025

ACC's CE Megan Main today on RNZ, explaining the exit of longterm injury claimants.
Lack of detail, data and Ministerial directives to clear the decks.
No planned follow up of those who exit the scheme. This would often be called Injury Prevention 101.

ACC expects to save about $7 billion between now and 2029 by getting long term claimants off of weekly compensation.

09/10/2025

GP Med certs. Is this a clampdown problem ?

Better communication with GPs and improved record sharing should be a priority, not new oversight mechanism, groups say.

09/10/2025

Hmmm...disputes, paper cuts'n'paste. Thoughts ?

Three complainants were sent rulings on their case reviews that contained identical text, their lawyers say.

23/09/2025

Lake Alice victim support publicised today from ACC.

https://www.acc.co.nz/newsroom/stories/support-available-to-survivors-of-lake-alice-unit

17/09/2025

Hmmm. 2019 AEP flaws coming home to roost in 2025.

It follows a 1News investigation exposing problems with the handling of injury claims under the scheme.

17/09/2025

Hmmm.
Accredited Employers Programme (AEP) under the spotlight, Talley's vs TVNZ, in court today

Officials were told the powerful food manufacturer had failed to properly handle injury claims for several injured meat workers.