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I have dealt with MoJ regarding overdue fines in the past and I questioned whether I would be allowed to leave the country also. The MoJ people I spoke to (credit where credit is due, they were pretty decent, understanding people), advised me that once I had made payments to get the debt under a certain amount, and had set up a "payment arrangement" to come out of my wages each week, I was allowed to leave the country - although I think they only meant for a holiday, you would need to query whether the same applied if you were leaving permanently. If I had done all of this, left the country, and then defaulted on a payment, I could be arrested/deported or whatever.
http://www.biggie.co.nz/discussion/fines_and_leaving_the_country
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Pay or Stay If you have outstanding fines you may not be able to fly internationally. Check this out with the Ministry of Justice before your trip to avoid an unpleasant surprise.
http://www.nzs.com/new-zealand-articles/travel/airport-regulations.html
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These are not court fines then (as DB points out court fines are not passed to Baycorp), but rather the court ordered you to pay a 3rd party which you failed to do; so that third party listed the debt with baycorp?
In regards to your situation: the only fines that will stop you from travelling are court fines. If indeed the court ordered you to pay a fine and you failed to do so, then yes you will be prevented from leaving the country.
http://www.gpforums.co.nz/thread/352713/1/
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What will happen to me if I'm stopped at the airport for fines?
Police at the airport will intercept you after you have passed through Customs. You will be given the opportunity to talk to a Deputy Registrar at the Court’s Contact Centre to arrange full payment by Credit Card. If you cannot, or will not, pay your fine the police may arrest you. You will be prevented from travelling, have your passport confiscated and be bailed to appear in Court.http://www.justice.govt.nz/fines/fines/common-questions#can-i-travel-overseas
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It's still fine to go travelling
Last updated 05:00 17/04/2011
Labour said the initiative, which it introduced in 2007, was "a great system" that "worked well", but accused National of failing to "be proactive" by lowering the $5000 threshold at which fines defaulters can be stopped from leaving New Zealand.
Since 2008 Justice Ministry bosses have signed off $1.83 million for television and internet, brochure and direct-mail advertising for its "Pay your fines or pay the price" campaign.
The message is clear and stern – pay your fines or you might be stopped from travelling.
Briefing papers obtained by Sunday News reveal 64 individuals owing a combined $806,570 were stopped at airports between 2009 and 2010.
Of the 14 attempting to leave the country, nine were waved through after paying on the spot and five were arrested and barred from travelling.
A further 50 debtors entering New Zealand were stopped but the papers do not explain what happened to them.
The general manager of collections, Bryre Patchell, told Sunday News that research indicated 90% of those who owed fines were "aware" of the ad campaign and the small number of people stopped at the border was evidence it worked.
"A large number of people being stopped at airports would indicate the campaign was not working," Patchell said.
"The major benefit of the campaign is that fines are paid before people travel as a result of the public awareness created."
Patchell said it was important to remember the campaign was not just about warning people about travel, but also that other enforcement measures such as wheel clamping and property seizure could occur. Of the 64 people stopped, the majority, 40, had fines balances of between $1000 and $10,000. Fourteen people owed more than $10,000.
As of February 28, $689.9 million in fines was owing and 54% of that amount ($382.2 million) was under arrangement for payment or not yet due because of pending appeals.
Rick Barker, Courts Minister under Labour, said National should by now have realised the initiative set up by the former government that set the $5000 threshold was working and may even lower it in order to stop greater numbers of people at airports.
Barker said he wasn't sure what the threshold should be changed to but it had been set at $5000 to make sure Customs officials could "handle" the workload. "The government has not been proactive," he said. Phone 0800 434 637 or visit govt.nz to pay your outstanding fines
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-news/latest-edition/4897039/Its-still-fine-to-go-travelling
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