Harawira dressed in a black T-shirt with the slogan "state houses are state assets" to plead not guilty in court this morning.
He addressed the judge in Maori, "simply saying ... that I didn't agree with the State charging me for defending the rights of the poor and the people who are innocent hanging on to their homes".
Harawira will need to return to Auckland from Wellington next month when his matter will be before the court again.
Four co-accused - Chant Baxter West, Cassidy Ashley Fong, Ella Grace McPherson-Newton and Omar Hamed - were arrested with Harawira and also pleaded not guilty this morning to charges of obstructing police, acting disorderly in public and being reckless to a wasteful deployment of police.
The four opposed a bail condition that police tried to apply that they have no contact with each other before their next court date.
"It's essentially a form of preventing our protesting, not preventing offending," Hamed told the court.
"These are very minor charges ... [and] we might not have a hearing date for six, nine months. All of us study together, all of us are members of the same political groups. [Not being allowed to associate with each other] would be a form of collective punishment."
The condition was dropped from their bail and their matters adjourned until next month.
Activists outside the courthouse waved flags as Harawira and his co-accused arrived at court.
"[This is] part of an ongoing battle, an ongoing struggle at Glen Innes," veteran activist John Minto said.
The red and black flags on busy Albert St attracted the attention of drivers, photographers and news cameras.
Mr Minto said the case was a pity for Harawira and the others charged but he hoped it would be valuable publicity for their protest.
