MLC - 150 years of the Māori Land Court [pdf, 11 MB]
...abolished by legislation. Another important kind of case was the rehearing. No formal appellate body was set up until the establishment of the Native Appellate Court in 1894. This Court, today the Māori Appellate Court, was established to hear appeals from the Native Land Court. This did not mean there were no appeals before 1894. Rather, it meant pre-1894 appeals were conducted as rehearings: that is, if the grounds for an appeal were made out, the original case was completely reh...