Stories by Anusha Bradley

It comes as the Green Party, with strong support from the health sector, wrote an open letter to ACC Minister Carmel Sepuloni pushing for all birth injuries and traumatic births to be covered by the…

An intelligence expert is questioning why the Mental Health Act was not used to detain the LynnMall terrorist after he was released from jail.

Scores of Auckland companies have been caught dumping contaminants down the drain, but none have been fined or prosecuted, Watercare data shows.

A $74 million restructure of the way ACC manages claims has left staff with 'overwhelming caseloads,' a survey has found.

ACC is moving some clients with serious spinal injuries from personal case managers to teams of managers without their permission, The New Zealand Spinal Injury Trust says.

Some therapists say they have been surprised by ACC's decision to shut down its sensitive claims unit as they were not consulted.

The agency's analysis shows ACC provides less support to clients who were already disabled before being injured.

A separate "Māori ACC" is needed to ensure Māori get the help they need, a Māori health advocate says. But the prime minister doesn't think it's necessary. Audio

Women are more likely to have their claims declined and when they're accepted receive far less compensation than men, figures show.

Cybercrime is on the rise but, in the wake of the Waikato District Health Board ransomware attack, Anusha Bradley finds New Zealand's response to it is fragmented and victims rarely get justice.

In its first interview since being hit by a ransomware attack a year ago, Fisher and Paykel Appliances warns other businesses it's a case of "when, not if" they will be targeted.

Out-of-date laws mean victims of image-based sexual abuse can't get help from ACC and must prove their abuser intended to cause them harm before police will prosecute.

Almost half of abuse and assault claims are dropped, with advocates saying it's because the process is too traumatic.

ACC must speed up its divestment of fossil fuels, Grant Robertson Finance Minister is warning.

A depressed woman whose baby died was denied help from Perinatal Mental Health Services - and other mothers in extreme distress say they can't get treatment via their DHBs or ACC.

ACC's new policy on the most common type of childbirth-related injury is leaving many women struggling to get the treatment they need.

ACC has cut off a mother whose baby emerged from her rectum and vagina, as part of a review on which birth injuries the corporation will cover. Women say they're now struggling to get treatment Anusha…

They are showing up in fish's stomachs and in beaches across the country, but how are oesophagus clips escaping the meat works?

The Ministry for Primary Industries opposed introducing a tough bottom line for nitrogen levels in rivers over concerns the economic impact would outweigh the environmental benefit, documents show.

The sea off Whanganui's South Beach has contained so much faecal bacteria at times that it has been eight times above the allowable limit.

A public pool, a water treatment plant and a landfill owned by Hamilton City Council are among the 99 organisations caught dumping contaminants down the drain.

Talleys, Ernest Adams and Yoplait are among hundreds of manufacturers and brands dumping contaminants into New Zealand's drains and getting away with it.

Watercare says about 24 companies in Auckland each month are caught breaching their trade waste consents, but it won't reveal their names.

A legal loophole stopping councils fining companies caught dumping contaminated waste water could be fixed in a month, a law expert says.

Pressure is piling on the government to urgently amend the law so companies caught dumping contaminated waste water down the drain can be fined.