Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL (Associate Minister of Health) on behalf of the Minister for ACC: As I said in my response to the earlier question, 85 percent of women in New Zealand experience a birth injury and 5 percent of these are severe and require ongoing care. Under current legislation, most of these injuries are not covered by ACC despite sharing similar features to other physical injuries covered as accidents. That's not fair, and it is why I have worked with ACC and medical experts on a list of birth injuries that will ensure up to 18,000 more women are covered each year. The list is intended to include all acute injuries to a birthing parent that results from the birth process.