Despite another major incident threatening to overshadow this year's home World Cup, the Football Ferns aren't deterred from their main objective of creating Kiwi history.
On Saturday, a fire at Auckland's Pullman Hotel - the team's base - saw them evacuated. A 34-year-old man has been arrested and charged with burglary and arson, and will appear in Auckland District Court on Monday.
NZ Football believes the fire is not linked to the team nor the World Cup itself.
That incident is the second major disruption in Auckland, after Thursday's tragic shooting in the Commercial Bay precinct that saw three people killed - including the gunman.
Thursday's events played out on the morning of the World Cup opener, where the Football Ferns defeated Norway 1-0 in the biggest upset of the tournament so far.
That victory was New Zealand's first at a senior World Cup for men or women, and gives the Ferns a major chance of achieving their next target of reaching the knockout stage.
Two major disruptions are hard to ignore at a time, when the sporting world's eyes are fixed firmly on Auckland, but the team hold full confidence in the security measures in place.
"It's not ideal," said defender CJ Bott. "It's not a situation anyone wants to be in, but I think we've got plenty of security around.
"FIFA are an incredible organisation and they really got on top of things quickly for us.
"As a team, we have no cause for concern. It's abundantly clear the police have handled it very, very well."
Despite the historic result against Norway, the nature of the World Cup doesn't give the NZ women time to dwell on what they've already achieved. On Tuesday, they will return to the pitch against the Philippines at Wellington.
Victory would be a huge step towards qualifying for the next rounds, putting pressure on Switzerland and Norway to match the Football Ferns results from the opening two games.
Even with disruption from the outside, striker Gabi Rennie says focus hasn't shifted in the slightest.
"Our team is pretty good at always looking forward and focussing on our next job," she added. "In the past, we've had a lot of excitement, a lot of adversity, but we're very focused on our next match.
"We definitely have a job to do. We have clear goals coming into this World Cup, one of them is to make it out of the group.
"Our game against Philippines is going to be big for us. We're all putting our heads together for that challenge."
If any assurance is needed by the Football Ferns, extra security has been put in place for the rest of the tournament.
NZ Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell confirms the team will be given additional support, while confident no further incidents will occur.
"There's obviously security measures in place," he said. "We have, with the support of FIFA, enhanced those somewhat.
"Ironically, these two incidents have no connection in terms of causal relationship. They're uncanny coincidences.
"Regardless, just as an extra measure, we have increased security as well."
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