Apply for a rehearing

You can apply for a rehearing if you think:

• the decision was substantially wrong
• a miscarriage of justice has or is likely to occur
• new evidence, relating to the original application has become available.

You can’t apply for a rehearing because you don’t like the decision.

Apply for the rehearing at the District Court where the original hearing took place. You have 5 working days after a decision is issued to apply for a rehearing. The Court will decide if a rehearing is granted.

The rehearing process(external link) — Ministry of Justice

Grounds for an appeal

You can appeal if you think the decision was wrong, but not because you do not like the decision. For some cases, there will be no right to appeal. For example, you cannot appeal:

• against an interim order
• a final order or the failure to make an order, where the amount in dispute on appeal is less than $1,000
• a final order to undertake work, or the failure to make an order, where the value of the work in dispute on appeal is less than $1,000.

You may be able to apply for a rehearing in these cases.

Lodge an appeal at the District Court closest to where the Tribunal hearing took place. You have 10 working days after the decision is issued to lodge an appeal.

If you lodge an appeal, you must pay a filing fee and a hearing fee to the District Court.

How to appeal to the District Court(external link) — Ministry of Justice