Takiwā

Regional Councils 2018

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 DATA CALCULATION/TREATMENT Ethnicity data are taken from Legal Aid application form submitted. Age is computed from the day of birth of the applicant to the day the application was approved. Regions are classified as per NZ Stats regions. A region is based on the lawyer's location because this is usually the best indicator. Grants described as having no region do not have a region recorded in our database.