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KEYWORDS : workers’ compensation scheme;Woodhouse Report;Community Responsibility;ACC;no-fault compensation scheme;the term ‘treatment injury’

In New Zealand historically there was an independent workers’ compensation scheme. But now there does not exist such an independent workers’ compensation scheme anymore. In New Zealand there does exist a comprehensive accident compensation scheme for personal injury (‘ACC’). This is a unique piece of legislation included as part of workers’ compensation. And now the term ‘treatment injury’ is included in the scheme. In this paper I will consider New Zealand ACC as it has developed over two eras – that is, the pre- ACC era and the ACC era. Through the ideas presented in this paper it will become clear to the reader how the existence of the New Zealand unique ACC has come about.