Following on from Henry Cruns lead, I did a quick search on the NZ online phonebook.
www.whitepages.co.nz
Searches for MAJ, CDR, COL, CAPT etc revealed over 500 people who prefer to be 'titled'.
Over 300 Knights of the Realm (totally justified to be known by their title) and then I searched "Dr"..........and now we have a quandry.
Does one consider non-medical Doctors in the same way...or if they are no longer working in the field of their Doctorate, should they drop the title too?
Storm in a tea cup really isnt it!?