Workplace injury claims
The number of workplace accident insurance claims reported to the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), excluding those employees who received accident and emergency treatment only.
| Territorial authority | Number | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| Far North District | 3,470 | 3,486 | 3,755 | 3,552 | 3,471 |
| Whangarei District | 4,776 | 4,965 | 5,276 | 4,996 | 5,037 |
| Kaipara District | 1,289 | 1,389 | 1,148 | 1,128 | 984 |
| Rodney District | 1,964 | 2,573 | 2,640 | 3,083 | 3,405 |
| North Shore City | 2,879 | 3,900 | 4,134 | 3,994 | 4,575 |
| Waitakere City | 2,697 | 3,011 | 3,554 | 3,072 | 2,676 |
| Auckland City | 45,261 | 45,182 | 45,299 | 45,466 | 43,494 |
| Manukau City | 5,194 | 5,211 | 6,338 | 6,110 | 5,925 |
| Papakura District | 1,573 | 1,497 | 1,494 | 1,718 | 1,512 |
| Franklin District | 2,223 | 2,234 | 2,328 | 2,682 | 2,514 |
| Thames-Coromandel District | 1,951 | 2,143 | 2,132 | 2,133 | 1,971 |
| Hauraki District | 952 | 884 | 834 | 1,022 | 933 |
| Waikato District | 5,498 | 4,250 | 4,097 | 4,090 | 4,095 |
| Matamata-Piako District | 1,853 | 2,383 | 2,236 | 2,268 | 2,319 |
| Hamilton City | 8,993 | 9,272 | 9,722 | 9,078 | 8,844 |
| Waipa District | 1,436 | 1,800 | 2,116 | 2,185 | 2,046 |
| Otorohanga District | 749 | 692 | 601 | 633 | 687 |
| South Waikato District | 2,127 | 1,838 | 1,330 | 1,203 | 1,167 |
| Waitomo District | 708 | 1,002 | 1,052 | 1,112 | 1,179 |
| Taupo District | 2,201 | 2,265 | 2,298 | 2,375 | 2,331 |
| Western Bay of Plenty District | 806 | 446 | 622 | 518 | 657 |
| Tauranga City | 8,449 | 9,400 | 9,487 | 9,419 | 9,198 |
| Rotorua District | 4,164 | 4,004 | 4,119 | 4,228 | 4,032 |
| Whakatane District | 1,547 | 1,463 | 1,450 | 1,385 | 1,419 |
| Kawerau District | 411 | 381 | 418 | 507 | 486 |
| Opotiki District | 422 | 358 | 415 | 361 | 375 |
| Gisborne District | 3,496 | 3,259 | 3,354 | 3,251 | 2,976 |
| Wairoa District | 567 | 657 | 606 | 754 | 630 |
| Hastings District | 5,398 | 5,681 | 5,891 | 5,966 | 5,799 |
| Napier City | 4,128 | 4,305 | 4,074 | 4,061 | 3,987 |
| Central Hawke's Bay District | 983 | 1,253 | 1,444 | 1,320 | 1,248 |
| New Plymouth District | 4,496 | 4,380 | 4,113 | 4,169 | 4,158 |
| Stratford District | 890 | 807 | 767 | 667 | 648 |
| South Taranaki District | 1,969 | 2,115 | 2,258 | 2,228 | 2,100 |
| Ruapehu District | 774 | 1,071 | 1,089 | 1,017 | 1,035 |
| Wanganui District | 3,146 | 2,957 | 2,814 | 2,677 | 2,676 |
| Rangitikei District | 308 | 360 | 397 | 688 | 831 |
| Manawatu District | 1,314 | 1,365 | 1,395 | 1,626 | 1,641 |
| Palmerston North City | 6,247 | 6,154 | 5,961 | 5,302 | 4,839 |
| Tararua District | 955 | 1,046 | 1,013 | 1,056 | 1,143 |
| Horowhenua District | 1,572 | 1,471 | 1,518 | 1,352 | 1,275 |
| Kapiti Coast District | 954 | 1,105 | 1,173 | 1,294 | 1,251 |
| Porirua City | 1,168 | 1,223 | 1,319 | 1,468 | 1,503 |
| Upper Hutt City | 1,347 | 1,544 | 1,528 | 1,493 | 1,482 |
| Hutt City | 2,606 | 2,822 | 2,699 | 2,881 | 2,844 |
| Wellington City | 8,872 | 8,306 | 8,048 | 7,571 | 7,248 |
| Masterton District | 1,876 | 1,907 | 1,869 | 1,669 | 1,527 |
| Carterton District | 348 | 355 | 298 | 281 | 297 |
| South Wairarapa District | 302 | 439 | 473 | 544 | 522 |
| Tasman District | 1,731 | 1,865 | 2,044 | 2,292 | 2,232 |
| Nelson City | 4,038 | 3,984 | 3,714 | 3,671 | 3,510 |
| Marlborough District | 3,878 | 3,854 | 4,006 | 3,980 | 4,023 |
| Kaikoura District | 300 | 290 | 317 | 398 | 360 |
| Buller District | 513 | 564 | 418 | 414 | 453 |
| Grey District | 533 | 624 | 596 | 614 | 654 |
| Westland District | 853 | 716 | 783 | 664 | 582 |
| Hurunui District | 970 | 1,006 | 997 | 955 | 921 |
| Waimakariri District | 1,490 | 1,642 | 1,764 | 1,869 | 1,686 |
| Christchurch City | 24,378 | 25,970 | 25,511 | 24,764 | 22,833 |
| Selwyn District | 980 | 1,039 | 1,182 | 1,172 | 1,245 |
| Ashburton District | 3,199 | 3,021 | 3,009 | 3,026 | 3,000 |
| Timaru District | 3,464 | 3,526 | 3,676 | 3,385 | 3,210 |
| Mackenzie District | 346 | 336 | 365 | 364 | 324 |
| Waimate District | 455 | 526 | 456 | 452 | 486 |
| Chatham Islands | 94 | 96 | 80 | 83 | 96 |
| Waitaki District | 1,595 | 1,532 | 1,454 | 1,655 | 1,530 |
| Central Otago District | 1,658 | 1,603 | 1,847 | 2,035 | 1,821 |
| Queenstown-Lakes District | 2,364 | 2,512 | 2,460 | 2,542 | 2,592 |
| Dunedin City | 5,727 | 5,844 | 6,152 | 6,142 | 6,156 |
| Clutha District | 1,822 | 1,795 | 1,796 | 1,749 | 1,839 |
| Southland District | 3,427 | 3,315 | 3,177 | 3,235 | 3,141 |
| Gore District | 1,644 | 1,290 | 879 | 924 | 990 |
| Invercargill City | 2,453 | 2,527 | 2,846 | 2,603 | 2,640 |