The 1-ABC seats have emergency exit in front (no bulkhead on that side of the a/c) and thus more legroom. First row (and emergency exit rows) has tray table in the armrests thus less width than other rows.

I noticed they were playing lots of classic kiwi music over the PA - part of their bid to become a new kiwi icon

I'll skip the flight since for sure the experience is different to normal - you wouldn't normally get free food and drink for instance.

Having left late we arrived late also.

At Wellington again we had a stand - in front of the central part of the terminal between the QF and NZ piers. 2 airstairs were used and to get into the terminal requires climbing a flight of stairs (inside). The DJ flight that arrived afterwards pulled into the first airbridge on the QF pier. There are only a couple of airbridges in the domestic portion of that pier, so given way the schedules work (will sometimes be 2 DJ a/c at WLG at once, at similar times to a QF a/c) I expect it will be a lottery as to whether airbridge or stairs are used for any given flight. This is a shame as the weather in WLG can sometimes be rather inclement to say the least.