New Zealand is such a multicultural country; it is sometimes hard to distinguish the residents from the international visitors, so the inevitable question I get asked often is:

"Where are you from?"

From here, one should answer well, because if I only choose to answer,
"New Zealand,"
there is a trail of others that follow, such as:

"No, I mean, where are you originally from?" or,
"Oh, were you born here?" - Which I haven't,
"So how long have you been living here?"

They can become so repetitive and tedious...

I recently asked a friend with a similar situation to mine, on how she deals with the question,

"Where are you from?"

Here is the new devised answer, learnt from her:

"I was born in Korea, but have been in New Zealand since, like, forever."

Good answer, thanks, J :)