Home court in a foreign land: New Zealand's pinoy crowd

What was the experience like attending Philippine team games in New Zealand? How was the Pinoy crowd? 

The crowd while small compared to Manila standards (600 for Auckland game and 1,300 for Wellington game) was really passionate and supportive of Gilas (90 % of the crowd was Filipino). The 1^st game in Napier, Auckland and Wellington games were filled to or close to capacity.  Even the game vs the NBL selection (prelude to the NBL Finals) had a large Filipino make-up that was close to even matching the number of fans who watched the NZ NBL finals.