Jurors at the trial of the "Urewera Four" have listened to what the Crown says were gunshots fired at a training camp.
The audio was played on Thursday shortly after the 11 jurors at the High Court in Auckland had watched hidden camera footage of what the crown says were the military-style camps the shots were fired in.
The jurors are hearing evidence in the case against Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara, Tame Iti, Urs Signer and Emily Bailey, who face charges of participating in an organised criminal group and firearms charges.
Detective Sergeant Jason Lujnevich, who was on the witness stand when the audio and video evidence were being presented, said some of the firearms seized when the accused and several others were arrested "bore a striking resemblance" to those shown on the video.
Earlier, the jury heard evidence of Kemara allegedly telling another camp attender that they were training to kill in case they had to.
During a chatroom conversation attributed to the pair which was read in court as Constable Gregory Hall was giving evidence on Thursday, the woman allegedly said: "I don't really want to kill if I can help it".
The person reported to be Kemara replied "no one wants to kill, we are training to kill because we will probably have to ... i.e. being attacked".
Prosecutors allege the accused were organisers of the camps and intended to carry out serious violent offences with the aim of creating a separate Tuhoe state.
Evidence of chatroom conversations involving Iti was also given while Const Hall was giving evidence.
But under questioning from Iti's lawyer Russell Fairbrother, Const Hall said he hadn't investigated to determine whether Iti had actually made the comments attributed to him and was taking what the log book of chatroom discussions said at face value.
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