My mum was called to the school because I came to school dressed in a fur coat and stockings in the middle of Summer. I did not leave the house dressed that way in the morning.

When I was 10 I was run over on my school crossing.

I still get a hard copy of the paper delivered 7 days a week. I read the headlines daily, a habit I picked up from my dad.

I was pushed out of a small inflatable boat by my best friend when we were about 10. We had just rowed through a school of jellyfish.

Childhood dream to be a "bank teller"

I was very involved in Tai Chi and got to the level of using a sword.

I won the ASB Poster competition 3 years in a row, took art at highschool but decided not to pursue fine arts.

I couldn't pronounce the word Māori properly until I went to highschool and joined the Maori bilingual unit.

I am a big Harry Potter fan.

In 1982 I sailed across the Tasman Sea on a 39 ft yacht called Moemoea. My boyfriend of the time built the yacht.

I wanted to be a vet when I grew up. I would hide stray cats in my nan's garage and feed them till she found them and let them all go!

When I was 8 I would ride my minibike on the farm and pretend I was a farmer rounding up sheep.

I used to belong to a Sweet Adelines Chorus.

I took dressmaking classes when I was a teenager but I suck at sewing!

When I was 6, I was a princess in the production, The King and I - one of King Mongut's 82 children.

I love Spanish flamenco music/dance and used to be in a flamenco dance group in my younger days.

My favourite tv series ever is 'The Walking Dead'. I LOVE zombies.

When I was young I wanted to be a flight attendant and got selected for it too!

When I was young, I had an imaginary friend. Family would be told they couldn’t use the bathroom if she was in there!

My friend and I hitchhiked to Tauranga when NZ began carless days in the late '70s. We ended up walking most of the way.

I fell out of a tree reading a book when I was nine and broke both my arms and smashed my face.

I got a tattoo at 16 - peer pressure, Without my mum’s knowledge.

If I didn't straighten my hair everyday, it would turn into a huge unsightly bush!

When we were young, we used to climb the fence and swim in the Manurewa East School swimming pool all the time.

Stranded on a deserted island as the dinghy transport floated away. Fun survivor activities making a big fire to alert people on the mainland.