Story: Workplace safety and accident compensation

Royal Commission on Compensation for Injury

Royal Commission on Compensation for Injury

The members of the 1966 Royal Commission on Compensation for Injury were (left to right) H. L. Bockett, Mr Justice (later Sir) Owen Woodhouse and G. A. Parsons. The Commission’s report resulted in the accident compensation legislation.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1966/4146-F

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Hazel Armstrong, 'Workplace safety and accident compensation - Accident compensation', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/23276/royal-commission-on-compensation-for-injury (accessed 18 April 2024)

Story by Hazel Armstrong, published 11 Mar 2010, reviewed & revised 18 Apr 2016