Vegan activists who stormed Countdown supermarket in Auckland now in Hamilton

Vegan protesters formed a human barricade in front of the Hamilton Countdown's meat section over the weekend.

The group wore black and taped their mouths shut and were holding flowers as part of a silent protest.

Footage captured of the protest shows supermarket staff asking the group to leave or police will be called.

Some shoppers were captured ignoring the protesters as the customers picked up meat from the meat section.

The protesters marched out of Countdown Hamilton singing "give life a chance" - earlier they had been in Auckland, as seen here. Photo / YouTube

As the group slowly marched out of the store they were heard singing "give life a chance."

"We are here to peacefully mourn for the victims of the 'meat trade' that lay resting in the chiller department of this supermarket," the YouTube caption of the video posted said.

"We could not stop them from being born to be slaughtered and eaten so now we are here to pay our respects in the only place that we have access to their dead bodies."

"We who stand here in mourning know that we do not need to eat the flesh of other beings to survive. We bring with us a song of hope and change for the future that lays ahead."

A spokesperson from Countdown said the supermarket would not be commenting further on any vegan disruptions.

"Our team will always politely ask the protesters to leave, and we hope they respect this and our customers' right to do their shopping."

This comes after the group stormed St Lukes Countdown in Auckland on September 15.

During a tense standoff, vegan activists again stood in front of the meat section and held signs which said "stop eating animals" and "it's not food, it's violence".

In another video of the incident, Countdown staff can be seen approaching the activists asking if they had permission to be here.

But event organiser Amanda Rippon retaliated by shouting at staff saying they were peacefully protesting for "victims".

The protesters were then seen marching through Westfield mall after they were forced from Countdown.