Embattled rocker Phil Rudd will be sentenced in Tauranga on Thursday on charges of threatening to kill and possession of drugs.

Rudd, 61, appeared in Tauranga District Court in April where he pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis and methamphetamine, and one of two counts of threatening to kill.

He had previously planned to defend two counts of threatening to kill and possession of 0.71g of methamphetamine and 130g of cannabis but changed his plea before the trial began.

Lawyer Craig Tuck said earlier he would be seeking a discharge without conviction for the rocker, who had suffered serious damage to his reputation, he said.

Rudd has been on bail since the charges were laid after a police raid on his waterfront home on November 6, 2014.

He admitted to threatening to kill charges which stemmed back to September when Rudd made phone calls to a collague asking for a former contracted security guard turned personal assistant to be "taken out".

He offered $200,000, one of his cars, a motorbike or a house, which the associate believed was payment for the request.

Tuck said it was nothing but an angry phone call Rudd made after his solo albumn launch did not go well.

The sentencing is set down for 10am.