Civil legal aid grants in New Zealand

By gender, year ended June 2014–2023, number of grants

The following information applies to all values in the table. Measure: Number of Legal Aid grants, Legal Aid type: Civil
Year ended June	Gender	Number of grants
2014	Female	430
2015	Female	355
2016	Female	299
2017	Female	284
2018	Female	350
2019	Female	257
2020	Female	244
2021	Female	274
2022	Female	230
2023	Female	254
2014	Male	936
2015	Male	610
2016	Male	708
2017	Male	708
2018	Male	834
2019	Male	694
2020	Male	634
2021	Male	654
2022	Male	529
2023	Male	740
2014	Other	0
2015	Other	0
2016	Other	0
2017	Other	0
2018	Other	0
2019	Other	0
2020	Other	0
2021	Other	0
2022	Other	0
2023	Other	0
2014	Unknown	46
2015	Unknown	11
2016	Unknown	25
2017	Unknown	29
2018	Unknown	43
2019	Unknown	220
2020	Unknown	285
2021	Unknown	242
2022	Unknown	316
2023	Unknown	358

Notes

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

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.