11 Oct 2021

$117 million owned in legal aid debt

From Morning Report, 8:19 am on 11 October 2021

New Zealand's legal aid debt has reached $177 million dollars - much of it owed by some of our poorest citizens.

Legal aid in New Zealand is a loan, and two out of every three people who receive help with a civil matter need to pay it back.

Farah Hancock has the story.