I'm not sure if the process is like this in New Zealand, but the process for getting HRT as a child in Australia sounds pretty difficult:
https://radio.abc.net.au/programitem...PkKG?play=true
Is it significantly easier in Auckland, for example, than in Australia? (I realize they may be in the same part of the world, but they are different nations with differing laws.)
edit: Sorry, here's another one:
Transgender teenagers 'risking lives' buying hormones on black market
