NZ Warrior has somewhat of a point.
I don't know if its New Zealanders being particularly fickle or if its the Warriors shutting up shop somewhat, but I remember going back in 2002 and all the craze was the Warriors, there was merchandise in a lot of places south of Auckland.
I was in NZ for 3 and a bit weeks, it was the third to last day when I found a shop with ANY Warriors merchandise, and that just happened to be in Auckland. Its like the rest of New Zealand didn't give an A anymore about them, or the Warriors had shown no desire to be accepted elsewhere. I got sick of seeing all these "New Zealand" gifts and sports shops with low and behold, in their front windows, red jerseyed lions with fake head gear and Irish scarves. New Zealand needs head gear for getting so antsy pantsy with the Brits and forgetting their home roots in the case of their own league team.
Thats my rant for the day. Gee that disappointed me.