Hi Natasha and welcome to Steemit :), i live in NZ and its nice to meet you.

If i were you i would follow @steemitblog as they run competitions you can enter - check them out

Hey with Introduction posts, its always good to have a picture of you holding a piece of paper with your steemit account name and todays date - its just a way of verifying your account

Post real life stuff and you will be fine

if you have any questions let me know - have a good day