the first person to be stopped at an international airfield because of unpaid fines happened thursday afternoon ( nzdt ) at the otago international airport , nova zealand . the person , who wasn ' t named , was halted because of the new legislation called the ' collection of damages at airports ' or more simply : paid or stay . he was required to pay nz $ 3 , 750 in unpaid reparations since 1986 . " the passenger intercepted owed $ 3 , 750 of reparation for an injury in 1986 and had made no payments by late 1987 , " replied ron corbett , deputy for the courts in new zealand .
A person was stopped at an airport because of unpaid fines.