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Protesting ACC cuts

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Protesting ACC cuts

ACC Man, a 2-metre effigy of a bandaged injury victim, was the symbol for the Coalition on Accident Compensation, a group protesting against changes to the ACC legislation. The changes reduced the amount paid out to compensate and rehabilitate accident victims.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1996/2938/20

by Ross Giblin

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Hazel Armstrong, Workplace safety and accident compensation – Accident compensation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23285/protesting-acc-cuts (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Hazel Armstrong, published 2 March 2010.