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An Auckland City councillor is seeking a court injunction to stop the Boobs on Bikes parade.
Pornographer Steve Crow has made it clear he will stage the event on Wednesday despite the council refusing to issue a permit.
The event, in which bare-breasted women parading down Queen St
on open-top cars and motorbikes, is a promotion for Mr Crow's R-18 Erotica Lifestyles Expo.
Councillor Cathy Casey will ask the city development committee at a meeting this morning to take out an injunction on behalf of the council.
The council recently passed a bylaw to bar events associated with pornography, but police say they are unable to stop the parade on indecency grounds.
"Why did we bother going through that elongated bylaw process and changing the bylaw just so Crow can say, 'Well it doesn't really matter what you think, I'm going to go ahead and do it anyway'?" Ms Casey asked.
"There was an alternative thought to let him have the parade and then prosecute him, but then he wins. He gets a thousand-dollar fine and a slap on the wrist with a wet bus ticket.
"Crow runs a porn empire, he's got hardcore pornographic magazines that you can only buy by subscription and he continually pushes the boundaries. This is just Crow at his best, he'll always try and get his own way."
Ms Casey is also threatening to lie across Queen St with friends to stop the parade.
"If the council can't win and the court can't win, maybe people power, maybe woman power can ...
"But I'd rather it was stopped than to have to take that kind of action."
Family First National director Bob McCoskrie will speak at the council meeting in support of the motion.
"The Boobs on Bikes parade is a commercial stunt advertising an R-18 event, with sexualised nudity in a public street that is offensive to many people and completely inappropriate for young people and children to view," Mr McCoskrie said.
"The websites which the parade advertises contain explicit sexual material and we would argue that the parade is essentially an advertisement and in breach of advertising standards.
"It is a pity that it may take a court injunction to force the police to act against something that has so much public opposition. It is time families were put first."
He said it was ironic Mr Crow had a "flagrant disregard" for the council bylaw, as he had stood for mayor last year and could have been responsible for enforcing those bylaws.
Mr Crow could not be reached for comment.
