01 March 2024
Percy Doyle
[FYI request #25676 email]
Kia ora Percy
Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-030428
Thank you for your email of 8 February 2024, asking for the fol owing information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1. Please provide details of legislative consideration of approving cover for illness for the following
case:
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rnz.co.nz%2Fnews%2F
national%2F349184%2Ffamily-struck-down-by-eating-boar-to-get-
acc&data=05%7C02%7Cgovernmentservices%40acc.co.nz%7C7c89fb8d7f924ee6ccb108dc288df319
%7C8506768fa7d1475b901cfc1c222f496a%7C0%7C0%7C638429837341667369%7CUnknown%7CT
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2. Please provide figures for the Havelock North water contamination cases including the number of
claims received in total, the number accepted, and the number declined.
3. Please provide details of legislative consideration in approving or declining cover in relation to Q 2.
4. Please provide the figures for the number of non-injury related illness covered per year for the last
ten years.
5. In relation to Q 4, please specify what il nesses were covered for these cases.
6. In relation to Q 5, please provide the total figures for the number of times each non-injury related
illness was covered in the last ten years.
7. Please provide a figure for the total cost of non-injury related illness covered in the last ten years.
The relevant legislation for the case you refer to can be found in section 25(1)(ba) of the Accident
Compensation Act 2001 here
: Accident Compensation Act 2001 No 49 (as at 06 September 2023), Public
Act 25 Accident – New Zealand Legislation.
We are refusing your request for Havelock North water contamination cases
We are unable to identify claims related to the Havelock North water contamination incident as the
information is not readily available from our data sets. To find the information you have requested, we
would need to undertake a manual search of a significant number of claim files. As such, we are refusing
this part of your request as finding the information would require substantial col ation and research. This
decision is made under section 18(f) of the Act.
In making this decision, we considered extending the time limit for responding or applying a charge (as
allowed under the Act). However, neither of these were offered as responding using either option would
still have unreasonably interfered with ACC’s operations.
The legislative considerations for water contamination in these cased apply to section 25(1)(ba) of the
Accident Compensation Act 2001.
ACC does not cover il ness
As such, we are unable to provide you with information related to non-injury related illnesses for questions
four to seven. We are therefore refusing your request as the information does not exist. This decision is
made under section 18(e) of the Act.
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t [email address].
If you are not happy with this response, you can also contact the Ombudsman via
[email address] or by phoning 0800 802 602. Information about how to make a complaint
is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Ngā mihi
Christopher Johnston
Manager Official Information Act Services
Government Engagement
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