Whining ex-pats.
Some communication breakdown if NZF weren't aware of it. Sounds to me like someone over there failed to contact NZF.
"New Zealand Soccer is never going to win the hearts and minds of the New Zealand population if this is the attitude they are going to take. Everyone of course is making comparisons with the All Blacks. They would have turned up with some of their number."
- what a knob end.