Criminal legal aid grants in New Zealand

Since late-2017, gender is no longer collected on the criminal legal aid, the family legal, aid and the civil legal aid application forms.

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.

https://www.justice.govt.nz/courts/going-to-court/legal-aid/get-legal-aid/can-i-get-family-or-civil-legal-aid/

Information on expenditure is not available by region because the Ministry's financial system does not categorise expenditure by region.

At URL provided, under the heading Justice Services, download 'View or download the legal aid data tables' file.