But she is about to embark on a tour to visit the birthplace and grave of one of New Zealand's rugby pioneers.
Scott is the great-niece of All Black Originals captain Dave Gallaher.
She and husband Lindsay, who is more of a rugby fan, will visit the birthplace of Gallaher, in Ramelton, in Ireland's County Donegal, then go to Belgium where he is buried.
Gallaher was killed in the Battle of Passchendaele in World War 1.
The wing forward, was captain of the All Black team that travelled to the United Kingdom, France and North America in 1905-06.
That tour, which comprised 35 games and lasted more than five months, helped set up the legend of the All Blacks, with the side losing just one match, controversially, to Wales, and winning plaudits wherever it played.
The side scored 976 points and conceded just 59.
Gallaher retired straight after the tour, then, at 40, enlisted to serve his country in World War 1.
Helen Scott's grandfather, William, was three years younger than Gallaher and, like Gallaher, played rugby for the Ponsonby club and Auckland.
He tried to enlist in the army in World War 1 but was knocked back because of poor eyesight. He died in 1961.
The couple have been in contact with the Letterkenny Rugby Football Club in Ramelton, and will visit the club and go to the Dave Gallaher Memorial Park, which was opened by the All Blacks in 2005.
The house where Gallaher was born is still standing.
The family moved to New Zealand when Gallaher was 5.
The couple will then journey to a cemetery in Ypres, Belgium, and lay poppies on three graves, as Gallaher and two of his brothers, who also died in World War 1, are buried there.
Scott said the trip was a chance to see where her relations had fought for their country.
"It's going to be kind of weird, really, seeing it all and meeting the people. But it will be poignant.
"The people of Ramelton really seem to think a lot of him," she said.
Lindsay Scott said it would be a real eye-opener to visit the battlefields in Belgium and France.
His grandfather had been gassed in World War 1 but came home alive.
"But he never really talked about it. He had a bullet in his leg but he never said anything."
The couple will present a banner to the Letterkenny club from the Otago Rugby Football Union.
