A group campaigning for the removal of a tax on food says it plans to defy Whangarei District Council and use a city mall to display its petition.
The Residents' Action Movement has organised what it calls a people's procession and is making its way to Parliament in Wellington.
The convoy expects to arrive in Whangarei about about midday on Tuesday.
The council has refused to let the group use the Cameron Street Mall for its anti-GST campaign, because it sees it as a political event.
Organiser Vaughan Gunson says the council's decision is ridiculous and mall is the major public space in Whangarei.
The council says the group could be liable for a hefty fine if it goes ahead.
