Judo New Zealand sent 10 athletes to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and came home with five medals.
That is a percentage of success only dreamed about by other sports yet judo does not receive a cent of funding from Sport New Zealand.
There is hope within the organisation that the outstanding medal haul will result in a change of attitude at the national funding body. But since Glasgow, the national judo body has wasted no time in following up the success by bringing to New Zealand one of the world's top judokas (judo practitioners).
Nina Milosevic from Slovenia, 23, is a seven-times national champion and the European under-23 champion. She has spent 10 days training with Tauranga Judo Club athletes of all ages, including Commonwealth Games rep Chanel Kavanagh, after a week holding coaching sessions in Auckland.
Tomorrow she flies to Japan to compete at the Tokyo Grand Slam, regarded as the most prestigious tournament in the world after the Olympics and world championships.