A woman and her three children have admitted trying to escape quarantine at a Hamilton hotel.

The woman, 37, and her children aged 18, 17, 16 and 12, fled the Distinction Hotel on Friday night in the hope of getting to the funeral of a relative.

Four were found soon afterwards, while the last person was found in Auckland hours later.

Four of the five all originally appeared in the Hamilton Youth Court on Saturday jointly charged with failing to comply with an order under the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act 2020.

They all reappeared in the youth court again this afternoon via audio visual link and all separately entered guilty pleas to the charge.

A 12-year-old who also left the facility has not been charged by police.

Political co-leader Billy Te Kahika was earlier asked to leave the youth court hearing of the family.

Te Kahika earlier said he would be attending the hearing in the Hamilton District Court as a sign of soladarity but reiterated he did not encourage the group to flee the hotel on Friday.

But Judge Noel Cocurullo told Te Kahika in the hearing that although he appreciated he was wider whanau with the defendants he felt his presence had been in part politicised due to a media release he issued earlier today announcing he would be in court to support the whanau.

Te Kahika told the judge he drove down to Hamilton with his own whanau as he was concerned about their welfare and there wasn't any agenda however he accepted it was a "fair question".

"I haven't driven down here for any time in front of the camera."

When shown the release by the judge, Te Kahika admitted it was his statement but he didn't write it - but did approve it.