Five more people have appeared in court charged with the murder of Tauranga man Mitchell Te Kani.
It’s understood up to 20 people are being sought over Te Kani’s death after an alleged incident at a property on Maungatapu Rd on May 14 last year.
A total of eight have now been charged, with four in the Tauranga District Court today, while a fifth, a 27-year-old Waikato man, appeared in the Hamilton District Court.
Through his lawyer, Jessica Tarrant, the Waikato man entered not guilty pleas to the murder charge along with two of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, assault with intent to injure, and injuring with intent to injure five different victims, including Te Kani, at Tauranga on May 14, last year.