ACC research

Databases | Conferences and symposiums | Injury statistics | Literature | Research and policy | Victoria University of Wellington Law Review

Note: Some of the resources in this guide are only available to staff and students of the University of Auckland. Researchers from other institutions should use their own libraries to access them.

Key databases

• AGIS Plus Text
  Includes material from law journals on ACC and covers ACC Group symposium articles.
• APA-FT (Australian Public Affairs Full Text)
  Emphasis on Australian political and economic affairs, but does include articles, conference papers and book chapters on the New Zealand situation.
• Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
  Includes material from the media, popular sources and academic journals - particularly focused on the Australia and New Zealand regions.
• Newztext Plus
  Commentary on ACC in the media and business press.

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Conferences and symposiums

• ACC Futures Seminar
  Resources including seminars, presentations and reports.
• 13 December 2007. ACC Group symposium Accident Compensation: Forty Years on - a Celebration of the Woodhouse Report.
  Held to mark the 40th year after the publication of the Woodhouse Report.
  New Zealand law review 2008 Part 1 is devoted to the symposium proceedings.
• 5, 6 December 2004. The Future of Accident Compensation: An Australian perspective, held Victoria University of Wellingon Law Faculty.
  Victoria University of Wellington Law Review Volume 35 issue 4
• 2,3 August 2003 - Looking back at Accident Compensation: An Australian perspective, held Victoria University of Wellington Law Faculty.
  Victoria University of Wellington Law Review Volume 34 issue 2

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Injury statistics

• ACC's injury statistics
• Statistics New Zealand: Work-related claims publications

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Literature

A bibliography of ACC research has been compiled in a shared RefWorks folder. See the Research tips to find further publications.

Some early material is not indexed in online databases. For articles published prior to the mid-1980s we recommended the print publication Index to New Zealand periodicals. Later material is indexed online and can be found in recommended databases.

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Research and policy

• ACC Group
  A multi-disciplinary group of researchers, managed from the University of Auckland Business School.
• Research at ACC
  Research managed and conducted by ACC's Research Unit.
• Beehive ACC portfolio
  Latest news from the Government relating to the ACC portfolio.

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Victoria University of Wellington Law Review

• Victoria University of Wellington Law Review contains many articles on the ACC scheme. Also fulltext on NZLII. Issues of note include:
  • Volume 34 (2) 2003 devoted to papers presented at a symposium held at Victoria University of Wellington Law Faculty, August 2-3, 2002 "Looking back at Accident Compensation: Finding Lessons for the Future". Topics include The Origins of ACC; The 1970s - Bringing ACC to Life; The 1980s - Consolidation and Challenges; The 1990s - Decade of Change; and Summary Panel.
    • McKenzie QC, P.(2003). The Compensation Scheme no-one asked for: The Origins of ACC in New Zealand, VUWLRev 10.
  • Volume 35 (4) 2005 contains the edited papers presented at the symposium "The Future of Accident Compensation; New Directions and Visions", held Victoria University of Wellington Law Faculty, 5 and 6 December 2003.

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Legal resources

• Accident Compensation Act 2001 via Westlaw NZ. Provides amendments to the statute, subordinate legislation (regulations), forms and precedents, case law and related commentary.

Repealed legislation

• Accident Compensation Act 1972, Accident Compensation Amendment Act 1973, Accident Compensation Act 1982 and Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992 are in the New Zealand Acts as Enacted site.
• Accident Insurance Act 1998 via Westlaw NZ.
• Accident Insurance (Transitional Provisions) Act 2000 via Westlaw NZ.
• Injury, Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2001 - repealed, as from 3 March 2010, by s 4 Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1) and renamed the “Accident Compensation Act 2001” by s 5(1)(a) of that Act.

Administration

• ACC is administered by The Accident Compensation Corporation
• The current regulations
• ACC portfolio
• ACC Minister, CEO and Executive

Case law

• Decisions under the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992 (ARCI decisions) Unpublished decisions from various District Courts. Davis Law Library has: 1/93-
• Accident Compensation Reports 1981-1984
• Accident Compensation Cases in Westlaw NZ.

See also: Davis Law Library New Zealand Case Law resources.

Legal commentary

• Rennie, D.A. (2002). Personal injury in New Zealand. Wellington: Brookers. (Looseleaf) and available in Westlaw NZ.

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The Woodhouse Report

The ACC scheme was introduced as the outcome of the 1967 Royal Commission on Worker Compensation chaired by Mr Justice Woodhouse. See The History of ACC in New Zealand by the ACC. The Royal Commission's published findings were known as The Woodhouse Report:

• New Zealand. Royal Commission to Inquire into and Report upon Workers Compensation, & Woodhouse, O. (1967). Compensation for personal injury in New Zealand. Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry. Wellington: Government Printer. 2007 Facsimile ed and PDF version provided by the University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
• New Zealand. Dept. of Labour. (1969). Personal injury: a commentary on the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into compensation for personal injury in New Zealand. Wellington: Government Printer.
• Insurance Industry Committee & New Zealand Parliament. Select Committee on Compensation for Personal Injury in New Zealand. (1970). Submissions to the Select Committee on Compensation for Personal Injury in New Zealand
• New Zealand Parliament. Select Committee on Compensation for Personal Injury in New Zealand., & Gair, G.F. (1970). Report of Select Committee on Compensation for Personal Injury in New Zealand. Wellington: Government Printer.

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Australian Woodhouse Report

In the early 1970s the Australian Government commissioned Sir Owen Woodhouse to head the National Committee of Inquiry on Compensation and Rehabilitation in Australia. It prepared a proposal to reform that country’s compensation scheme:

• Australia. National Rehabilitation and Compensation Scheme Committee of Inquiry. (1974-1975). Report of the National Committee of Inquiry on Compensation and Rehabilitation in Australia. Canberra: Govt. Printer. 3 v. Also published in Commonwealth Parliamentary Papers 1974, vol. 2 no.s 100 &135 Not available in the University of Auckland Library.
• Australian Council of Social Service. Standing Committee on Economics and Social Welfare., & Smith, P. (1975). The philosophy of the bill: Compensation and rehabilitation in Australia. Sydney: Australian Council of Social Service.

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United Kingdom

• (1978). The Report of the Royal Commission on Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury (The Pearson Commission). (Cmnd. 7054)

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Books

To find further publications on ACC related topics, use the search terms and phrases in the Catalogue.

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Theses and dissertations

Use search terms and keywords in the Catalogue as above.

For further tips on finding theses within New Zealand and overseas refer to Theses and Dissertations.

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Articles

To search for further material refer to sources as listed within Key resources.

Note, some early material is not indexed in online databases. For articles published prior to the mid-1980s you are recommended to use the print publication Index to New Zealand periodicals. Later material is indexed online and can be found through searching recommended databases.

APA

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• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition)
• APA Style blog

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