Podcast: Half a Turnaround: Why ACC's recovery must be built on rehabilitation, not exits
Dr Oliver Hartwich
Jamuel Enriquez
24 June, 2026
In this episode, Jamuel talks with Oliver Hartwich about his report Half a Turnaround, which examines how ACC's outstanding claims liability more than doubled over a decade as more injured New Zealanders became stuck on long-term support.
Oliver argues that ACC has halted the financial deterioration through tighter claim decisions, not yet through proven gains in rehabilitation, and sets out reforms including a 28-day rehabilitation guarantee to restore the scheme's original promise of getting injured people back to work.
Read the report "Half a Turnaround" here.