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TRUCKERS' PROTEST * New Zealand - About 4,400 trucks protest across the country
About 4,400 trucks took part in a stand-off on Friday which slowed down much of New Zealand and blockaded 13 cities and towns around the country in a protest against road-user charges
Auckland,New Zealand -TVNZ One News -Jul 4, 2008: -- ... Police praised motorists for their co-operation during the peak-time protests... Road Transport Forum Chief Executive Officer Tony Friedlander says to have nearly 20% of New Zealand's commercial transport fleet on the road in support of the forum's position is a stunning result...
Convoys of trucks drove into town and city centres to demonstrate their anger at the way the government's higher Road User Charges were brought in. Transport operators say the government raised the charges without warning after promising to give them notice... 
Transit New Zealand urged motorists in the main city centres to try and avoid the morning rush hour or if they must travel, allow extra time for their journeys. And it seemed many heeded the call with morning commuter traffic peaking earlier than usual... Transit worked closely with police and local councils but there were still lengthy delays for motorists... (See Video) * Cullen: Politics behind truck protest
Auckland,New Zealand -Stuff.co.nz/Manawatu Standard, by MICHAEL CUMMINGS -5 July 2008: -- Finance Minister Michael Cullen has accused Road Transport Forum chief executive Tony Friedlander, a former National cabinet minister, of organising yesterday's truck protest for political motives... Speaking in Palmerston North just hours after thousands of trucks clogged roads in main centres around the country, Dr Cullen accepted there may have been a misunderstanding between the Transport Ministry and the trucking industry over whether notice would be given before road user charges (RUC) were increased...
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