They will actually be walking through the production of the second season of television crime thriller One Lane Bridge, which started shooting in the region last month.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council issued an advisory on Sunday saying the production is filming a protest scene in Marine Pde, between The Mall and Church St, from 7am to 7pm.
It will feature "colourful smoke-flare special effects, some inflammatory language on banners and general protest noise".
Traffic control will be in place, and during takes, production staff might ask pedestrians to wait for a minute or two while the camera is rolling.
The five-part series, being shot over 10 weeks at various locations in the Wakatipu at a cost of $6million, is again being produced by Queenstown resident Philip Smith and his company Great Southern Television.
It is expected to be screened late this year.
The first, six-part series, shot in late 2019, aired on TVNZ 1 in April and May last year, and became the highest-rated New Zealand drama over the past decade.
It is one of two high-profile television productions in the region at the moment, with Under The Vines also being shot across Central Otago and the Queenstown Lakes.
About 200 people are working on the two productions, as well as a few hundred local extras.
