This afternoon Taimo's lawyer Panama Le'au'anae opened the case for the defence.
He said after Taimo gave evidence, the jury would also hear from his daughter.
Le'au'anae said his client's position had not changed since the start of the trial.
"He denies any of the offending," he said.
He reminded the jury that Taimo was entitled to give and call evidence, but the onus was still on the Crown to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt.
"You have to be sure that each and every element of the charges has been proved," he said.
"The defence don't have to prove anything, but in this case you're going to hear from him ... give him the same due consideration that you did all the other witnesses you heard before today."
"Keep an open mind, wait until you hear all the evidence ... all the defence says is just give us a fair shake, that's all we want."
Le'au'anae said Taimo was a "passionate" rugby coach and cared for the boys accusing him.
"He supported them, wanted to make sure they did well scholastically," he said.
"The allegations ... he will say look, none of those things happened."
Taimo, who took the stand at the end of the day, explained to the jury that he was born and raised in Samoa and came to New Zealand in 1986.
It is alleged Taimo started abusing boys several months later.
He said that was not true.
Taimo outlined his first few months in Auckland, stating he was initially unemployed but then got a job at McDonald's in Otara.
When asked about one of the earliest allegations of sexual abuse, Taimo was vehement.
"That never happened," he told the court.
Taimo will continue giving evidence tomorrow.
The Crown case
Initially, there were nine complainants and 53 charges against Taimo.
However, after the 55-year-old's name was published by the Herald and other media, more complainants came forward.
He now faces 106 charges in total.
The Crown alleges Taimo abused the boys "frequently, repetitively and in a number of different ways, in a number of locations".
During the Crown case the jury heard evidence from the alleged victims.
The Crown called its last witness today - a police officer in charge of the case.
He revealed that a graphic photograph on Taimo's phone showing a young man engaged in a sexual act.
He told the court that when Taimo was arrested his cellphone was seized.
The device, among others belonging to Taimo, was sent to the police digital forensics unit to be analysed.
They found an image on the phone that had been deleted.
While some of the data relating to the image could not be retrieved, the actual photograph was.
It showed a young man giving oral sex to another man with brown skin.
The other man's face was not visible in the photograph.
The actual image was not shown in court, having earlier been ruled as too graphic by Justice Simon Moore.
However it was described verbally to the jury.
The young man in the photograph is not among Taimo's alleged victims.
During the Crown case, prosecutor Jasper Rhodes that youngest of Taimo's victims was 9 at the time, while the eldest was 16.
Rhodes said Taimo was a senior member of the community and in many cases a family friend, while in some cases a family member.
It is alleged Taimo abused some of the boys when he was dropping them off at their homes.
Others were allegedly violated in a school sports shed during lunch breaks.
One complainant told police Taimo also laid down a high jump mat at the school and asked the student to perform oral sex on him.
Another boy, staying at Taimo's home, said he was woken during the night to find his pants pulled down and Taimo touching and kissing him.
The court heard the boy told Taimo "to get lost" before the rugby coach replied, "I do everything for you, this is how you pay me back?"
Rhodes said Taimo's alleged offending first came to light when one of the boys' aunty overheard him "talking to other children about what had happened"..
"He told her in basic terms that the defendant had been touching him and sexually abusing him."
The woman then rang her son who said: "Yes mum, it happened to me too."
Taimo's trial, before a jury and Justice Simon Moore, is in its seventh week in the High Court at Auckland.
The charges against Taimo include 24 counts of sexual violation by unlawful connection, 18 charges of an indecent act on a child under 12, 23 counts of an indecent act on young person under 16, eight charges of indecency with boy under 12, and 10 charges of indecency with a boy between 12 and 16.
The jury will be asked to return verdicts on each individual charge.
Suppression orders prevent the Herald from naming any schools or sports clubs associated.
The trial continues.
