Criminal legal aid grants in New Zealand
By region, year ended June 2024, number of grants
Region | Number of grants |
---|---|
Auckland | 15,595 |
Bay of Plenty | 5,830 |
Canterbury | 5,047 |
Gisborne | 1,480 |
Hawke's Bay | 3,408 |
Manawatū-Whanganui | 3,418 |
Marlborough | 529 |
Nelson | 1,020 |
Northland | 1,846 |
Otago | 1,471 |
Southland | 1,190 |
Taranaki | 1,187 |
Waikato | 5,240 |
Wellington | 5,060 |
West Coast | 248 |
Unknown | 7,025 |
Definitions
Legal aid: Legal aid is government funding to pay for legal help for people who cannot afford a lawyer.
Criminal grants: Legal aid granted in respect of criminal matters.
Family grants: Legal aid available for family disputes or problems that could go to court, including disputes over relationship property, child support or maintenance, and care of children, protection orders, adoption, paternity etc.
Civil grants: Legal aid available for civil disputes or problems that could go to court or a tribunal. This includes debt recovery, breaches of contract, defamation, and bankruptcy proceedings. It also includes proceedings before tribunals or specialist courts.
Waitangi Tribunal: Legal Aid Services for Proceedings before Waitangi Tribunal.
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Limitations of the data
Information on expenditure is not available by region because the Ministry's financial system does not categorise expenditure by region.
Data provided by
Dataset name
Justice Statistics: Legal aid grants 2024
Webpage:
https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/justice-statistics/data-tables/
How to find the data
At URL provided, under the heading Justice Services, download 'View or download the legal aid data tables' file.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Justice Statistics: Legal aid grants 2024
From the dataset Justice Statistics: Legal aid grants 2024, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: 2.Grants by region
- Range:
B5:K85
- Provided: 680 data points
This data forms the table Justice - Legal Aid grants, by region 2015–2024.
Dataset originally released on:
September 17, 2024