--- description: Star Trek star was hit with a fine and will have his NZ license suspended for six months title: Actor Chris Pine Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving in New Zealand image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcda229f2dce0f79b/698685c006f2c10ecf32de6d/chris-pine-jack-ryan-shadow-recruit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Star Trek’s Chris Pine Pleads Guilty to DUI in NZ by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 17, 2014 6:32 AM CUT  Chris Pine attends the UK Premiere of 'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' at Vue Leicester Square on Jan. 20, 2014 in London. Chris Pine attends the UK Premiere of 'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' at Vue Leicester Square on Jan. 20, 2014 in London.Max Mumby—Indigo/Getty Images by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 17, 2014 6:32 AM CUT Hollywood action star Chris Pine pleaded guilty to charges of drunk driving in New Zealand on Monday after being pulled over earlier in the month, according to the [Associated Press](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/03/16/chris-pine-pleads-guilty-to-dui/6503411/ "undefined"). Pine was hit with a $79 fine and will have his New Zealand driver’s license suspended for six months. The actor was stopped by police on March 1, following a party to celebrate the wrap of the film _Z for Zachariah_. AP reported that Pine’s blood-alcohol level was 0.11 percent, which exceeds the .08 legal limit. \[[AP](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/03/16/chris-pine-pleads-guilty-to-dui/6503411/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/26809/star-trek-chris-pine-guilty-dui-in-nz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/26809/star-trek-chris-pine-guilty-dui-in-nz/"},"headline":"Star Trek’s Chris Pine Pleads Guilty to DUI in NZ","datePublished":"2014-03-17T06:32:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:47:50.174Z","description":"Star Trek's Captain Kirk was fined $79 by a New Zealand court and had his driver's license in that country suspended by six months after being pulled over earlier recently with a blood alcohol level of .11","url":"https://time.com/26809/star-trek-chris-pine-guilty-dui-in-nz/","keywords":["celebrities","Hollywood","dui","Drunk-driving","New Zealand"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcda229f2dce0f79b/698685c006f2c10ecf32de6d/chris-pine-jack-ryan-shadow-recruit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcda229f2dce0f79b/698685c006f2c10ecf32de6d/chris-pine-jack-ryan-shadow-recruit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chris Pine attends the UK Premiere of 'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' at Vue Leicester Square on Jan. 20, 2014 in London.","caption":"Chris Pine attends the UK Premiere of 'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' at Vue Leicester Square on Jan. 20, 2014 in London.","creditText":"Max Mumby—Indigo/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/26809/star-trek-chris-pine-guilty-dui-in-nz/","name":"Star Trek’s Chris Pine Pleads Guilty to DUI in NZ"}}]}] ```