It's a good story even if it is apocryphal: a frequent Air New Zealand flyer went to the head of a check-in queue and demanded immediate service.
"I'm sorry, sir," said the staff member. "You'll need to wait in line."
"But," spluttered the would-be VIP, "do you know who I am?"
Without missing a beat, the woman behind the counter switched on her microphone.
"There's a man here who doesn't know who he is," she boomed. "Anyone who can assist is asked to report to the check-in counter."
The story captures something that is good about our national character, which sometimes gets forgotten in our celebrity-obsessed culture: nobody is too important to wait their turn.
The management at Euro - unlike their counterparts at Soul last year - struck a blow for the New Zealand way of life when they turned away Katy Perry on Friday night.
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