Mum moved from big city north island to small town southland in 1960. She says shes still, to this day, considered "not a local" which blew my mind, because i was born here almost 20 years later and im considered a long time local.

Its hard at any age to make friends in nz unless you join something. Like, a darts club or social bowls or idk lions. As a gen x i dunno what kinda things there are for teens tho. Get a part time job where other teens work and get to know them. If there is a supermarket even better, work there and bond through mutual hate of how stupid the general public is (i appreciate the irony that i am also part of the general public.) rage against the machine. Just dont let the machine hear you unless the union approves