A Mongols member had already been staying at the hotel when Hawira showed up around 12.30am.
He left an hour later and stayed at another hotel but returned to Sofitel at 7.48am, authorities allege.
The Mongols member was checking out around 9am, talking to a hotel employee as he waited for his vehicle to be retrieved from valet parking, when Hawira walked through the foyer area and pulled a pistol from his shoulder bag, documents state.
He fired two shots, police allege, which were later found in the wall directly behind where the complainants had been sitting.
Hawira declined to speak with police after his arrest but said he was the most wanted man in New Zealand, documents state.
At today’s brief hearing, Justice Simon Moore set a tentative sentencing date for later this month.
Others alleged to have been involved in the shooting are scheduled to go to trial next week.
