Every day hundreds, if not thousands, of Kiwis are breaking the law by walking across the road.
Jaywalking is still a crime in New Zealand, punishable with a $35 dollar fine.
It's a crime which almost every New Zealander has committed at some point, and which is almost never enforced.
If you are within 20 metres of a controlled crossing, you must use it - otherwise, it's jaywalking.
At that crossing, if you cross while the man (or in Wellington's case, Kate Shepperd) is red - it's jaywalking.
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Finally, if you cross the street diagonally - jaywalking.
However if no one ever gets arrested for jaywalking, why is it still a law?
Find out in the video above.
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