Does NZ not print the FQTV number on the boarding pass?
From memory, they print your FQTV number on the BP if there is no other comment to include. However, if you have status, that gets printed where the FQTV number would be. It can get more complicated if you're using one card for status recognition and one card to credit the flights - if, say, I was crediting to OZ while using my AirNZ gold card for status, it would look like this:
FQTV OZ NZ*G