A hearing on whether a backpackers' accommodation in Kaitaia should be forfeited to the Crown will take place in the High Court at Whangarei on June 8.
The Crown has applied under the Sentencing Act for the forfeiture of Main Street Lodge backpackers after its owner Michael Harris pleaded guilty to sexual offending at the property.
The 58-year-old admitted drugging young male backpackers before "spooning them", and taking intimate photographs.
Harris appeared for sentencing in December in the high Court at Whangarei but it had to be adjourned for the forfeiture application to be dealt with first.
He is facing 12 charges of stupefying his victims, one of attempting to stupefy, 15 of indecent assault, seven of making an intimate visual recording, and seven of possessing an intimate visual recording.