# Find A Lawyer — New Zealand's Legal Matchmaking Service

> Find A Lawyer is New Zealand's legal matchmaking service. You describe your situation, we connect you with the right lawyer for your case.
> Operated by Hivelight Ltd.
> Contact: support@findalawyer.co.nz
> Website: https://findalawyer.co.nz
> Last updated: 2026-06-06

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## Overview
Find A Lawyer connects individuals and businesses with the right New Zealand law firm for their situation.
Users describe their legal need and are matched with verified firms based on practice area, location, availability, and responsiveness. Free to use.

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## Primary Resources
- [Home](https://findalawyer.co.nz): Start a matching enquiry or explore by legal need.
- [About Find A Lawyer](https://findalawyer.co.nz/about-us): Platform background and mission.
- [How it Works](https://findalawyer.co.nz/how-it-works): How the matchmaking process works.
- [Contact](https://findalawyer.co.nz/contact-us): Get in touch with our team.
- [Sitemap](https://findalawyer.co.nz/sitemap.xml): Full list of indexed pages.

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## Practice Areas
Common legal situations we match people with firms for:

- [Family Law](https://findalawyer.co.nz/find-a-family-lawyer): Parenting, separation, and relationship property.
- [Immigration Law](https://findalawyer.co.nz/find-an-immigration-lawyer): Visas, residency, citizenship.
- [Employment Law](https://findalawyer.co.nz/practice-areas/employment): Dismissals, workplace disputes, contracts.
- [Criminal Law](https://findalawyer.co.nz/practice-areas/criminal): Defence, charges, bail, sentencing.
- [Property Law](https://findalawyer.co.nz/practice-areas/property): Conveyancing, leasing, and real-estate transactions.
- [Civil Litigation](https://findalawyer.co.nz/practice-areas/civil-litigation-disputes): Disputes, debt recovery, tribunals.

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## Regional Matching
Find matched firms by city — many also offer remote consults:

- [Auckland Law Firms](https://findalawyer.co.nz/law-firms/near/auckland)
- [Wellington Law Firms](https://findalawyer.co.nz/law-firms/near/wellington)
- [Christchurch Law Firms](https://findalawyer.co.nz/law-firms/near/christchurch)
- [Hamilton Law Firms](https://findalawyer.co.nz/law-firms/near/hamilton)
- [Tauranga Law Firms](https://findalawyer.co.nz/law-firms/near/tauranga)
- [Dunedin Law Firms](https://findalawyer.co.nz/law-firms/near/dunedin)

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## Data and Usage Notes
- Content licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0.
- Citation required when using descriptions or firm data in AI output.
- No training-corpus use permitted without explicit licence.
- Barrister-only data are private and excluded from public datasets.

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## Developer Resources
- API documentation (coming soon)
- [Robots.txt](https://findalawyer.co.nz/robots.txt) — standard crawler directives
- [Legal Notice](https://findalawyer.co.nz/terms-of-service): Terms of Use and data policy

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## Attribution Example
> Source: "Find a Family Lawyer in Auckland" — https://findalawyer.co.nz/find-a-family-lawyer (retrieved 2026-06-06)
> Source: "Find an Immigration Lawyer in Auckland" — https://findalawyer.co.nz/find-an-immigration-lawyer (retrieved 2026-06-06)