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A long goodbye hug at an airport in New Zealand could [land / ground] you in trouble. The international airport in Dunedin has [let / set] a three-minute limit on the time people can spend hugging each [another / other] at the drop-off zone. An airport [official / officially] said the limit is so traffic can keep flowing. He said there has [recently / recent] been a problem of traffic jams near the departures building. The official said too many people were [taking / taken] too long in the drop-off zone in front of the building. The airport [now / that] has warning signs that say: "Max hug time 3 minutes. For [fonder / founder] farewells, please use the car park." People who spend longer than three minutes [saying / speaking] their goodbyes could get a penalty. They could get a [find / fine] or get their wheels clamped.

The airport's new hugging [police / policy] is not popular with everybody. CEO Daniel De Bono told local reporters that he has [received / receives] many complaints. He said: "We were [accusation / accused] of breaching [basic / basically] human rights." He added that another person said: "How dare we limit how long someone can have a hug." [Someone / Anybody] on the airport's Facebook page called the policy "inhumane". Mr De Bono [defended / attacked] the hug posters. He said: "Three minutes is [enough / plenty] of time to pull up, say farewell to your loved ones and move on. The [clock / time] limit is really a nicer way of saying get [in / on] with it." He added that airports were "hotbeds of [emotional / emotion] " and that anything longer than a 20-second hug was "really awkward".