UPDATED 11.00am

A man charged in relation to New Zealand's biggest cocaine bust who was asking Kiwis to help fund his legal defence has now closed a fundraising page online.

Gonzalo Rivera-Pavon, 30, fellow Mexican national Augustini Suarez, 44, and American Ronald Cook Snr, 56, were arrested in July after Customs found 35kg of the drug inside a 400kg diamante-encrusted horse head statue that arrived by plane from Mexico.

All three have pleaded not guilty to charges of importing and possessing the drug, which had an estimated street value of $14 million.

It was been revealed that, a month before the three of them are set to go on trial at the Auckland High Court, a Givealittle fundraising page had been set up in Rivera-Pavon's name.

As of Saturday night six people had donated, bringing the total to $2745.

No further donations were made after the Herald on Sunday published the story yesterday - and the page has now been closed.