HT201195 E-gift card not valid for my country :(

I received an e-gift card from my nephew. When I tried to redeem it said it must be "redeemed in the US storefront" - So I tried to change to the US storefront and it said my Apple ID is only valid for NZ!!
HOW CAN I REDEEM my gift card please??? I don't want to create another AppleID

You cannot redeem a gift card from another country at all.
  GIft cards are country specific.
You can ONLY use a U.S gift card if you are located in the U.S a nd have a U.S account.  The same is true of each countries itunes stores.

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