Sadly Sassy you are in a particularly desperate situation,
You're writing from a country that financially assists the training costs for many aspiring pilots. Something the UK and Euro wannabees often dream of.
The actual result though is that you qualify and (generally) become an instructor.
Each instructor needs a number of students to survive. Which means attracting more students, usually by loudly touting the financial assistance. Who in turn become instructors - who need students.
And so it goes on - a giant pyramid swollen by 'demand' at the very bottom of pro aviation.
There is no significant demand from the top end of the industry in NZ resulting in bloated GA ranks scrabbling to make a minimal living.
In my part of aviation I work with New Zealanders who simply can never work in their own homeland - well, perhaps as an instructor
Rob