Hansen named a predictable All Black XV yesterday and said the side was not pushing the panic button after an average effort against England last week.
''We have just gone about looking at our game in an honest fashion and we have been honest with ourselves. We have gone away and worked hard in the areas to work on,'' Hansen said.
''All we want to do is go out and play and make us feel proud of the way we played. If that is good enough to win the game, then that is great.
"If it is not good enough, then we will have to go away and work harder again. That is just the reality of sport.''
Fullback Israel Dagg is out with a patella tendon problem in his knee, which Hansen said was affecting his kicking game and ability to jump.
Dagg will not need surgery but Highlanders winger Patrick Osborne will remain with the squad and could come into contention for the third test next week in Hamilton.
No 8 Kieran Read had been close to selection, Hansen said. His concussion issues did not come into consideration but it was more about his match fitness.
''From a concussion point of view he could be picked but we don't think we can put him out there with the amount of training he has done. We'll use this week to get him right and will put him in next week.''
Hansen was never thinking of making wholesale changes and felt the need to stick with the those who played at Eden Park.
''If you turn around and say so-and-so shouldn't start because he played poorly, you would not have anyone on the park. That is how poor the performance was.
''We know some of the reasons we played poorly and one of them was a lack of preparation time. So there is no use recreating that again by putting a whole lot of new faces in.
"It is about us working hard on our skill sets and understanding how we want to play and going out and delivering that.
''When you come into a new campaign and a new team, there is a heck of a lot to learn and sometimes you can overburden yourself by trying to do everything in the first week. Maybe that is what we did.
''We will have a better idea where we are at after this game. This is a great challenge and a challenge this team needs.''
The return of Julian Savea on to the left wing allows Cory Jane to move back to his familiar right wing, with Ben Smith making his first All Black start at fullback. Hansen admitted Jane was ''all at sea'' on the left wing last week.
Savea will come up against another hard runner in Manu Tuilagi, who has moved to the right wing for England.
Hansen expects Tuilagi will continue to bash away.
''On the wing he will be a handful. He will be a handful wherever he plays.
''If he was a hooker he would be tough as he is such a good ball carrier. But at wing he will have to work and wing is a totally different position than centre.
''He can go where he wants to go but at the same time he has got to have the energy to do that.''
