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Kōrero: Workplace safety and accident compensation

First aid at work

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First aid at work

St John ambulanceman R. Gray treats the injured eye of a worker at the Hutt railway workshops in 1952. Employers paid for the treatment of their injured staff until the creation of the Accident Compensation Commission in 1974, after which levies on workers, employers and vehicle owners paid for treatment.

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Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAVK W3493 B3367

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Hazel Armstrong, Workplace safety and accident compensation – Workplace compensation, 19th and 20th centuries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23273/first-aid-at-work (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hazel Armstrong, i tāngia i te 2 March 2010.