The home team continued to hammer away at the New Zealand goal over the latter stages of the match, adding two more spectacular goals over the final 20 minutes.
Punt said while her side's showing in the gold medal match was disappointing, she was pleased the team's performance in the tournament.
The Black Sticks won their way through to the final with an impressive 2-1 win over Germany in Sunday's semifina to make it through to their first final of a major FIH event.It was the first time New Zealand had been in the final of the major FIH events.
"It's a step in the right direction for us, [the result] is not what we wanted at all but I'm proud of hte girls today and we'll just keep fighting from here," she said.
Black Sticks midfielder Stacey Michelson was named player of the tournament.
