{"id":483331,"date":"2026-06-18T08:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/483331\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:44:09","slug":"injuries-cost-new-zealand-economy-8-7-billion-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/483331\/","title":{"rendered":"Injuries cost New Zealand economy $8.7 billion in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The leading causes of injury include strains and sprains, slips, trips and falls, as well as vehicle-related incidents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While some sectors are seeing reductions in claim rates, the cost of injury continues to rise, driven by longer recovery times and more time spent away from work,&#8221; the report read.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, injuries that took place in and around the home are the most significant contributors to overall harm, cost, and demand on the Scheme, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acc.co.nz\/newsroom\/stories\/injuries-in-new-zealand-report-acts-as-call-to-action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the ACC report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, there were 37,000 home injuries that resulted in 6.4 million days of weekly compensation. It cost the Scheme $934 million and caused $2.7 billion in lost productivity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These injuries can have a significant impact on people&#8217;s day-to-day lives. Recovery can take time, affecting independence and the ability to carry out everyday activities, and in some cases resulting in time away from work,&#8221; the report read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The leading causes of injury include strains and sprains, slips, trips and falls, as well as vehicle-related incidents.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1144,111,43,139,69,242745,242744],"class_list":["post-483331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-human-resources","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-return-to-work","tag-workplace-injuries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}