Family legal aid grants in New Zealand

By gender, year ended June 2013–2022, 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
2013	Female	12,754
2014	Female	12,047
2015	Female	10,324
2016	Female	10,791
2017	Female	10,492
2018	Female	9,470
2019	Female	7,205
2020	Female	7,100
2021	Female	6,910
2022	Female	5,504
2013	Male	7,493
2014	Male	7,208
2015	Male	6,580
2016	Male	6,795
2017	Male	6,524
2018	Male	6,239
2019	Male	5,087
2020	Male	4,958
2021	Male	5,120
2022	Male	4,291
2013	Other	0
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
2013	Unknown	2,559
2014	Unknown	2,164
2015	Unknown	1,251
2016	Unknown	778
2017	Unknown	880
2018	Unknown	2,176
2019	Unknown	5,193
2020	Unknown	6,065
2021	Unknown	7,390
2022	Unknown	7,435

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.