ACC claims and costs related to flooding events in the Waikato region within the last 5-10 years. This needs to have a connection to a flooding event when filling out their forms. This could be minor or serious injuries, whether or not warranting medical treatment. Data which can be organised by flooding events, would be good. Breakdown by age too.
Understanding the cost of flooding events, for the Government, Councils, and residents. Would like to look at the costs of the direct impacts and the indirect impacts of the injuries caused by flooding. This is especially important now that climate change events is expected to increase in frequency and duration.
Understand the benefits (like avoided costs) of reducing flooding events by investing in flood protection infrastructure, in the short and long term.
Dataset submitted
30 March 2026 Kia ora, Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-046587. Thank you for your email of 6 March 2026, asking for the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act): "ACC claims and costs related to flooding events in the Waikato region within the last 5-10 years. This needs to have a connection to a flooding event when filling out their forms. This could be minor or serious injuries, whether or not warranting medical treatment. Data which can be organised by flooding events, would be good. Breakdown by age too." Our response: The data requested can be found at this link: https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/dataset/gov-046587-acc-data-on-flood-related-claims-in-the-waikato-region Please refer to the notes and caveats for details about the limitations of the data provided. Claim counts fewer than four: Some of the values in the data provided only indicate that the claims count is fewer than 4 (denoted as <4). In other instances, values are supressed and denoted as two dots (..). This limits the potential for particular individuals, or matters specific to certain individuals, from being identified. This decision has been made under section 9(2)(a) of the Act. In doing so, we have considered the public interest in making the information available and have determined that it does not outweigh the need to protect our clients’ privacy. As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, ACC may publish a copy of this response on ACC’s website. All requester data, including your name and contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released response will be made available www.acc.co.nz/resources/#/category/12. Please also view this page about making requests and our published responses https://www.acc.co.nz/contact/official-information-act-requests. If you have any questions about this response, please get in touch You can email me at GovernmentServices@acc.co.nz. If you are not happy with this response, you can also contact the Ombudsman via info@ombudsman.parliament.nz 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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