One half of the Auckland pair accused of carjacking a Toyota Corolla and assaulting its occupants in the Kingsview carpark pleaded guilty in Tauranga District Court yesterday.

Appearing before Judge Alayne Wills, Tepee Snow Laison pleaded guilty to one charge of robbery in relation to the alleged carjacking and assault on three people on May 10 around 3.20am.

Tepee Laison and Conrad Rewita will remain in custody until their next appearances.

The 33-year-old also pleaded guilty to unrelated charges including shoplifting, driving while disqualified and breaching supervision.

Her co-accused Conrad Oscar Rewita, 30, is yet to enter a plea on the charges of robbery, drink-driving causing injury and operating a vehicle recklessly causing injury following the incident in Durham St.

Police amended the charges of armed robbery to robbery for the pair, removing the allegation of being armed with bottles.

His lawyer Olivia Brittain asked Judge Wills for the case to be set down for an indictable sentence indication hearing on July 10 for all charges.

Judge Wills remanded Laison in custody until her next appearance on August 5 before issuing a stern warning.

'As a consequence of your conviction in relation to the robbery, I am obliged to give you a first strike warning.

'You will be given a written notice outlining the consequences. If you are convicted of any violent offence after this, you will be given a jail sentence.”

The charges stem from three people were robbed of their 1999 Toyota Corolla in the Kingsview Apartments carpark on May 10.

The victims, who were walking back to their car when they were confronted, alerted nearby police who quickly located the car and signalled for it to stop.

Rewita is alleged to have driven the stolen vehicle while evading police and 14th Ave roundabout before losing control of the vehicle and colliding with a pole, say police.

Police breath-tested Rewita, who blew 908 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath – more than two times the legal limit of 400 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath.