Tauranga and Whakatane are expected to join other cities around the country in protesting the Trans Pacific Partnership free trade deal.

Protests today end an action week by those opposed to the proposed deal.

Scenes from an earlier protest in November.

Tauranga's rally is scheduled for 10.30am at Red Square.

Opposition to the agreement, which is being negotiated in secret, say the TPPA gives foreign corporations the right to sue sovereign states for decisions that adversely affect them commercially.

An example being given is Bayer, BASF and Syngenta suing the European commission over its two-year ban on neonicotinoids that are suspected of causing bees in Europe to die-off.

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Rallies are planned in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin as well as in Kataia, Hokianga, Whangarei, Hamilton, Colville, Tauranga, Whakatane, Napier, New Plymouth, Featherston, Nelson, Timaru, Little River and Invercargill.

The protesters say the TPP isn't in New Zealand's best interests and they want the government to back out of it.