What if you can't afford a lawyer in New Zealand, there are several options for free or low cost legal help including legal aid, community law centres, and pro bono services. If you can't afford a lawyer in NZ, options include Legal Aid, which is government funding administered by Ministry of Justice, offering free legal representation for those meeting income threshold around $30,000 per year for single and asset threshold, with legal aid covering family law, criminal, and civil cases, with application via lawyer who does legal aid work, with many family lawyers offering legal aid, and Community Law Centres, which are 24 community law centres across NZ offering free legal advice and some representation for low income, with walk in clinics and phone advice, with centres in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and other cities, providing free 30 minute consultation and help with family, housing, and employment issues, and Citizens Advice Bureau, which offers free general advice and referral, and Family Court self representation with duty lawyer available at Family Court for free initial advice, and Law Society Pro Bono services with some lawyers offering pro bono for low income, and University law clinics like University of Auckland Law Clinic offering free advice by law students supervised by lawyers, and fixed fee and payment plans with some family lawyers offering fixed fees for simple matters and payment plans. So if you can't afford lawyer in NZ, apply for Legal Aid via legal aid lawyer, visit Community Law Centre for free advice, use Citizens Advice Bureau, and use Family Court duty lawyer and university law clinics for free help.
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