Charlotte Harrison is perfectly content with life in Delhi's much-maligned athletes village, despite the lock-down that is keeping New Zealand athletes confined within the village's bounds remaining in place.
The 21-year-old Black Sticks star from Whangarei said there was plenty to do within the village's 'security bubble', although security rules keeping the New Zealand's athletes together would need to be significantly relaxed to let them travel anywhere.
With the women's team in action today (NZT) against Wales and the hockey lasting for 11 days, it is unlikely any relaxing of the security rules would come soon enough to affect the women's hockey team regardless.
Harrison said keeping out of the heat - 33C and 97 per cent humidity on Saturday - was top priority.
"There's not a lot of boredom going on, at least with our girls. There's heaps to do and see.
"People have been trying to sort their phones out, which is a big priority, and we're going to check out the pool and the entertainment area."
Harrison's little sister Sam has had her nails done in the beauty salon, although the nicely-coifed digits didn't get an airing at the Games' opening ceremony, with the women's Black Sticks opting out of the three-hour extravaganza so close to their opening game.
Meanwhile, putting the ball in the back of the net is again the Black Sticks' Achilles heel - although Mark Hager, coach of the women's team, remains confident the scoring drought can be remedied.
The Black Sticks lost a warm-up game to South Africa 2-0 on Friday at the Dynan Chand National Stadium, creating a plethora of chances in the scoring circle but failing to convert.
Lack of goals plagued the women's team at the World Cup last month in Rosario in Argentina, with an inability to convert their penalty corners leaving them with a seventh-place finish.
Rather than panic in the energy-sapping heat of New Delhi, Hager said the attacking issues could be sorted before today's opening game against Wales, which is also the first game of the 10-day tournament.
"It was a wake up for the girls in the fact they played well but just couldn't find the back of the net. It has been a problem for a while now, whereas South Africa had a couple of chances and put them both away.
"We were able to say to the girls, "look, you played well but now isn't the time to be complacent.
"It's given us the perfect excuse to re-look at our structures, highlighting where we're poor.
"We'd forgotten what we'd talked about after the World Cup, so we've been able to revisit that."
The world's top four teams aren't part of the Commonwealth, with New Zealand seeded third behind England and Australia.
"Expectation isn't something we've spoken about as a team, but as a coach I'm expecting us to be in the finals. If we play well we're a big chance of being in the final, but right now I'm not looking beyond three points from our first game," Hager said.
Combating Delhi's stifling heat remains key. "We're constantly reminding the girls to stay out of the sun and get plenty of rest, but the heat has got to a few of them and they're struggling."
Biggest problems are heat and their phones
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