Immigration Act 2009, ss 233, 234
The Immigration and Protection Tribunal usually won’t hold a hearing where you and Immigration New Zealand can go and speak to them face to face (called “an oral hearing”). Usually they’ll just decide your appeal by reading all the written evidence and arguments from the two sides – called deciding the case “on the papers”. You can ask the Tribunal to hold an oral hearing, but you’ll need to provide reasons why you need one.
Case: [2016] NZIPT 502756
In one case, a person making an appeal asked the Tribunal to hold an oral hearing. Since she hadn’t given any reasons for this, but had provided a lot of written evidence, the Tribunal refused her request.