A second group of people charged after police raids in Kawerau and other parts of the Bay of Plenty have appeared in court, with some denying the charges.
The cases of 15 people charged following the covert police sting called Operation Notus, centred around the Mongrel Mob in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, were called in court before Judge Thomas Ingram yesterday - the day after 20 people appeared in court in relation to the same incident.
Most of the defendants' court appearances were by audio-visual link from prison.
Seated in the public gallery were a large number of whanau and supporters who yelled out messages of support to the accused as their cases were dealt with one by one.
Tracey-Lee Enoka, 49, Irene Raki, 50, Nicky Chase, 51, and Tania Tangira, 35, all from Kawerau, and Nathan Wiremu Waikato, 40, Raymond Stephen Savage, 60, and Crystal Ohlson, 41, from Whakatane, were remanded to reappear in court on April 27 to enter pleas.