Q: What did you have for lunch today?
A: A sandwich in the Koru Club at Auckland airport.
I had two slices of brown beard with peach chutney and cheese, tomato and cucumber.
Q: What do you usually have for lunch?
A: I usually have my main meal at midday-that's when I cook the main meal for the family.
Q: What's your favourite food?
A: Something like salmon or sushi.
I love sushi and I have an unbelievably sweet tooth and just love nougat.
Q: How often do you eat it?
A: Often.
As often as I can.
Q: What is your favourite spot in Queenstown?
A: As a child, I first visited Queenstown in the summer on a family holiday.
We came to visit my uncle who used to live in Bannockburn and we drove down to Bannockburn.
It was the back of beyond in those days and they lived in a sort of mud cottage. And we loved it.
But I think my favourite place in the Wakatipu would have to be anywhere around Lake Hayes.
Q: What are your hobbies/interests?
A: I spend a lot of time with my boys watching rugby.
I've developed this huge passion for it.
Q: Favourite way to relax?
A: I play a bit of golf and I like to jog a bit.
I find it's good for the stress.
Q: What winds you up?
A: People who are rude.
In parts of Auckland, people are like that, and more and more parts of Wellington are like that.
That's what really winds me up - people who are rude to waiters and things like that.
Q: What cracks you up?
A: Anything and everything.
I laugh a lot.
I tend to laugh when I'm under pressure.
It keeps me sane.
I think it's important to be able to laugh a lot.
Q: Which Simpsons character do you most relate to and why?
A: I'm embarrassed to say I don't watch it.
But I have been to the movie and I think I'm probably most like Marge - having a bad hair day.
Q: What are you reading at the moment?
A: Jane Frame's new novel - I've only got through a few pages.
I started it on the plane down here but the turbulence got to me.
I like her writing. It's beautifully, beautifully written.
She's so sensitive and I'm not as sensitive.
I'm very interested by her writing.
Q: If you had to live anywhere else, where would it be?
A: West coast of the South Island, somewhere quiet and rural.
We holiday up the Coromandel and up north.
We try to explore the country with our boys.
I'm determined they won't leave home until they've seen the country.
Q: If you could do anything, what would it be?
A: If I could do anything . . . ummm . . .
I don't ever really consider anything else.
I'm never one to plan ahead; I really don't know.
I think I'd stay at home and be a mother.
