Dramatic I agree with your comment In NZ because people don t have a pedigree as the British upper class do they use different paramenters to define status The whole which school did you go to and ESPECIALLY which boat did you arrive on is particularly Christchurch I can t comment on Auckland since i ve never lived there although they seem to model themselves on Sydney In Wellington power certainly trumps money although the money aspect of our class system still exists in Wellington 121 73 7 84