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Dana (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} dana) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} otf_wank,@ 2005-03-14 13:52:00 |
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It's only $200 NZ!
This isn't as weird or wanky as say Michael Jackson or Mel Gibson, but it certainly seemed a bit stupid to me.
Oscar winner Hilary Swank has hired a lawyer to appear in a New Zealand court to contest her $148US fine from airport customs for bringing an apple and orange into the country.
Hilary Swank in Kiwi airport bust
Now as anyone whose flown into New Zealand, or Australia knows it's not something they spring on you at the airport, you get ample warning on the plane with a snazzy video and a customs declaration form, and you are provided with a bin to throw anything away before you put that luggage over the line. And there are plenty of signs.
I was witness to one particularly amusing disagreement between a German woman and a customs official in Auckland Airport because she refused to dump her apple, it took about 10 minutes before the Official eventually fined her, the rest of us thought it should have happened on the spot, she simply refused to see the point.
It's only a small fine Hilary, don't be an idiot, NZ customs have a really good reason for the customs ban and fine, it's called more then half of the nation's GDP.
This isn't as weird or wanky as say Michael Jackson or Mel Gibson, but it certainly seemed a bit stupid to me.
Oscar winner Hilary Swank has hired a lawyer to appear in a New Zealand court to contest her $148US fine from airport customs for bringing an apple and orange into the country.
Hilary Swank in Kiwi airport bust
Now as anyone whose flown into New Zealand, or Australia knows it's not something they spring on you at the airport, you get ample warning on the plane with a snazzy video and a customs declaration form, and you are provided with a bin to throw anything away before you put that luggage over the line. And there are plenty of signs.
I was witness to one particularly amusing disagreement between a German woman and a customs official in Auckland Airport because she refused to dump her apple, it took about 10 minutes before the Official eventually fined her, the rest of us thought it should have happened on the spot, she simply refused to see the point.
It's only a small fine Hilary, don't be an idiot, NZ customs have a really good reason for the customs ban and fine, it's called more then half of the nation's GDP.
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