A well-known New Zealand attorney is wearing women's clothing to protest alleged male-dominated corruption in the country's judicial system.

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Rob Moodie, a 67-year-old married father of three, arrived in High Court in Wellington this week dressed in a skirt and carrying a handbag, the Wellington Dominion Post reported.

The newspaper said Moodie arrived at court Monday wearing an ankle-length skirt, patterned blouse and a diamond-studded brooch. He lifted his skirt to reveal lace-gartered stockings covering his hairy legs, the newspaper said.

He said the outfit was worn to highlight what he called "the male ethos" and "old boys' network" pervading the judiciary.

Moody said he is wearing women's clothes out of frustration over the long-running saga of the Berryman bridge case. The newspaper said he has acted for farmers Keith and Margaret Berryman in their fight to clear their names over an army-built bridge collapse in 1994 that killed a man.

The Berrymans have been ordered to pay damages to the army. Moodie alleges the judiciary is "enmeshed" in a cover-up to protect the army, the newspaper said.