Family 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: Family
Year ended June	Gender	Number of grants
2014	Female	12,051
2015	Female	10,342
2016	Female	10,786
2017	Female	10,493
2018	Female	9,485
2019	Female	7,271
2020	Female	7,208
2021	Female	7,021
2022	Female	5,622
2023	Female	5,919
2014	Male	7,205
2015	Male	6,579
2016	Male	6,800
2017	Male	6,529
2018	Male	6,246
2019	Male	5,112
2020	Male	5,015
2021	Male	5,173
2022	Male	4,438
2023	Male	4,815
2014	Other	0
2015	Other	0
2016	Other	0
2017	Other	1
2018	Other	0
2019	Other	0
2020	Other	3
2021	Other	0
2022	Other	2
2023	Other	2
2014	Unknown	2,163
2015	Unknown	1,234
2016	Unknown	778
2017	Unknown	874
2018	Unknown	2,154
2019	Unknown	5,102
2020	Unknown	5,900
2021	Unknown	7,226
2022	Unknown	7,170
2023	Unknown	7,966

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.