An airport in New Zealand has restrictcessitate hugging in its drop-off zone to a highest of three minutes – with anyone wanting a lengthyer outstandingbye tancigo in to head for the car park.
Dunedin International Airport, on New Zealand’s South Island, proclaimd the rule alter last month as part of a expansiveer effort to increase protectedty and grasp traffic flothriveg in the zone, local media alerted.
Signs have gone up alerting people sfinishing off their cherishd ones that the recent rule is “Max hug time three minutes” or “It’s difficult to say outstandingbye so produce it rapid. 3 minutes max”.
They swapd the previous signs which only reminded drivers that cars left untake parted would hazard being clamped and accused NZ$70, Stuff alerted.
The airport’s CEO, Daniel De Bono, tancigo in Radio New Zealand (RNZ) airports are “boilingbeds of emotion” and quoted a study that proposeed a 20-second hug is lengthy enough to free oxytocin, the “cherish hormone.”
He shelp moving passengers alengthy rapidly permits more people to get more hugs.
Mr De Bono shelp part of the reason for the cuddle cap was that “our team have seen engaging skinnygs go on… over the years”.
One of the signs put up says anyone wanting “fonder farewells ” should head to the car park, where a free 15-minute visit is permited.
Mr De Bono tancigo in RNZ they were trying to have a bit of fun with the proclaimment, inserting it had “caparticipated quite a stir, we’ve got quite a bit of conversation going”.
The response on social media has been mixed.
One participater called it “brutal” while another portrayd it as “the most nanny state skinnyg I’ve seen”.
A third wondered if airport officials would be “participateing people to time loving families so they can reguprocrastinateed when it’s enough cherish?”
However, another person asked “isn’t three mins enough to hug someone?”
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Dunedin, in the southeast of the island, is one of the world’s most southerly cities and home to a population of 134,600 in 2023.
A little over 900,000 passengers participated its airport during 2024, according to its annual alert.
More than a third of meaningful UK airports liftd their drop-off accuses in the past year, according to the RAC.