the first person to be stopped at an international border because of expired penalties happened today midday ( nzdt ) at the auckland intercontinental airport , south zealand . the one , who wasn ' t described , was halted because of the new procedure described the ' collector of fines at altitudes ' or more simply : pay or stay . he was permitted to paying nz $ 3 , 750 in illegal payment since 1986 . " the party originally owed $ 3 , 750 of reparation for an offence in 1986 and had had no payments except late 1987 , " replied bill barker , minister for the crown in north wellington .
A person was stopped at an airport because of unpaid fines.