The two accused will fight the charges and head to trial in 12 months.
Two men accused of murdering a Te Kuiti father of six in the main street of Ōtorohanga will fight their charges.
The men, a 39-year-old labourer from the Thames-Coromandel district and a 30-year-old Hamilton man, are jointly charged with the murder of Anthony Takrouna Bell in Ōtorohanga on October 2.
The 30-year-old is also charged with assaulting a second victim using a hammer as a weapon.
They appeared via audiovisual link before Justice Graham Lang in the High Court at Hamilton where not guilty pleas were entered to all charges.
