Waitangi Tribunal 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: Waitangi Tribunal
Year ended June	Gender	Number of grants
2014	Female	24
2015	Female	22
2016	Female	53
2017	Female	70
2018	Female	99
2019	Female	158
2020	Female	90
2021	Female	87
2022	Female	81
2023	Female	84
2014	Male	38
2015	Male	40
2016	Male	73
2017	Male	80
2018	Male	107
2019	Male	128
2020	Male	58
2021	Male	42
2022	Male	72
2023	Male	73
2014	Other	1
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	2
2015	Unknown	1
2016	Unknown	3
2017	Unknown	2
2018	Unknown	0
2019	Unknown	10
2020	Unknown	13
2021	Unknown	7
2022	Unknown	12
2023	Unknown	25

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.