WELLINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) - The main highways into New Zealand's main cities were brought to a virtual standstill on Friday by truck operators protesting a sudden rise in road fees.
Hundreds of trucks, with horns blaring and trailing banners, clogged the main roads into the capital, Wellington, and the country's largest city, Auckland, at the height of the morning rush, reducing commuter traffic to a crawl.
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