Each faced one charge of failing to comply with a Covid-19 order, with Israel Lochhead facing a second charge for causing loss by deception (under $500).
They were arrested last September in the small ski town of Ōhakune, after ski field staff raised suspicions about the paperwork they used to get a ski pass.
Auckland was at alert level 4 lockdown at the time while the rest of the country had dropped to level 2, and movement across the Auckland border was restricted.
Police condemned the incident at the time, saying it was "unacceptable" for the iwi and community.
The men had tested negative for Covid-19 and public health officials said the risk was low, but the incident remained the "talk of the town" for Ōhakune locals and business owners.
"I think people are angry – we don't have any Covid so there's this sense of, 'keep it up there, we don't want it'," local cafe owner Isobel May told the Herald at the time.
Kevin Deadman, owner of Ruapehu Mountain Motel and Lodge, said, "They have mucked it up for everyone – if there are locations of interest, then we have cases here and we could all be locked down past Christmas."
The incident took place in the same month an Auckland couple were caught using essential worker exemptions to leave the city for a Wanaka getaway, rousing public anger at a time when New Zealanders were called to do the right thing and follow lockdown rules.
