Six New Zealanders will be among thousands of volunteers taking part in a convoy organised by charity Viva Palestina to try to break Israel's economic blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Israel recently eased restrictions on some consumer items entering the Palestinian territory, which is controlled by the Islamic group, Hamas.
Five hundred trucks, 60 boats, and about 4000 volunteers will travel from London, Casablanca, and Doha to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza.
The captain of the New Zealand team, Roger Fowler, says he hopes the size of the convoy will exert enough pressure to get medical, educational and building supplies into Gaza.
The New Zealand team will set off from London in trucks next month.
In May, nine Turkish activists were killed when their flotilla - which was trying to run Israel's naval blockade of Gaza - was stormed by Israeli forces.
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer was named this month as the head of a United Nations inquiry into the fatal attack.
