the first someone to be stopped at an international station because of unpaid fines happened yesterday mornings ( nzdt ) at the auckland international airport , new plymouth . the person , who wasn ' t named , was stopped because of the new legislation called the ' collection of fines at terminals ' or more commonly : kill or stay . he was obliged to pay nz $ 3 , 750 in unpaid reparations during 1986 . " the person intercepted owing $ 3 , 750 of reparation for an offence in 1986 and had done no appearances during late 1987 , " wrote rick barker , minister for the courts in northern zealand .
A person was stopped at an airport because of unpaid fines.