If you are a passenger on a domestic flight in New Zealand and get hurt, the airline might not have to pay for all the damages if they can show that you were partly responsible for what happened. The court can use a law called the Contributory Negligence Act 1947 to decide if the airline should pay less or nothing at all because of your actions. This means that if you did something careless that helped cause the accident, you might not get as much money from the airline as you would if it was entirely their fault.
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If the carrier proves that the damage was caused, or contributed to, by the negligence of the passenger, the court may, in accordance with the Contributory Negligence Act 1947, exonerate the carrier wholly or partly from liability.
