I'm NZ born and raised. It can but pretty but also cold, isolated, poor (though last 20 years have been good), rural, friendly but blunt culture, multicultural

I'm NZ born and raised. It can but pretty but also cold, isolated, poor (though last 20 years have been good), rural, friendly but blunt culture, multicultural but racist, welcoming but progressive-snobby, expensive low quality housing, high suicide rate. Lots of clean air due to low population density. You dont realize how far away from everything it is. Sure there are the 12 hour flights to anywhere except Australia, but also the jetlag, opposite seasons from the North.