On the Spot with Dan Gosling
Dan Gosling, Stolen Girlfriends Club
9-5 You will find me:
On my computer
After 5 you will find me:
Still there
Why I like living in … Grey Lynn. It’s five minutes away from my office, Black Box, Ponsonby Rd, motorway, my boys’ school
I can’t do without: My wife and my kids
Celebrate: Each day as if it were your last
Underrated:
Kids movies
My Favourite Things:
Wife and children, bacon hmmmm!
Last Movie/CD/Book:
Hangover, book – conversations with God
Next Holiday:
Tokyo, London, Paris, Barcelona, San Francisco ... with my wife ... yessss!
Guilty Pleasure:
Mallowpuffs
Best Advice:
Treat people the way you like to be treated
Woman you admire most:
Emma Gosling
Your Mentor:
My dad
Best Health Tip:
Eat every colour of food
Favourite Saying:
Oh no, I have a meeting
Best Life Balance Tip:
Switch off when you get home and hanging with kids and wife
Worst Moment:
Bless, my dog, drowning last week in my neighbour’s pool
What’s next:
Six years of hard work and travelling, then semi retire
On the Spot with Paul Henry
TVNZ presenter
9-5, you will find me: Actually, you won’t find me. I will be hiding from the world – it’s my favourite pastime.
After 5, you will find me: On my own, preparing to watch the news, eat macaroni cheese and go to bed.
Why I like living in Albany: I have 10 acres of bush surrounding me like a fortress of foliage. It’s one of the few spots within ‘cooee’ of Auckland where it’s still possible to find a car park.
I can’t do without: My glasses.
Celebrate: This beautiful country that we live in. All those people who whinge don’t know how lucky they are and are clearly not making the most of their fortunate lives.
Underrated: Free plastic shopping bags.
My Favourite Things: My girls, the grand piano I can’t play and my collection of art.
Last Movie/CD/Book: Movie – The Ugly Truth (absolute crap), Music – Willie Nelson; doesn’t get better than that, except perhaps Wellington’s ukulele orchestra, Book – The Lovely Bones.
Next Holiday: Las Vegas. I love the United States, I love Vegas. It’s so sophisticated and environmentally sound.
Guilty Pleasure: I have absolutely no guilt associated with any of my pleasures.
Best Advice: If you’re on your way down, take as many people with you as you possibly can.
Woman you admire most: Madeleine Albright.
Your Mentor: Mark Sainsbury … in his dreams!
Best Health Tip: Don’t waste too much of your life listening to health tips.
Favourite Saying: ARSE!
Best Life Balance Tip: Gardening (although basically that entails just standing there looking at green things).
Worst Moments: The progressive realisation of my own mortality as age devours my extreme good looks.
What’s Next: Running away, maybe to sea, maybe to the Galapagos...
On the spot with Jack Bourke
Opera Singer
9-5 You will find me: With my personal trainer Mark Bearsley from Les Mills, keeping my body in shape and my vocal coach Rosemary Barnes, keeping my voice in shape.
After 5 you will find me: Keeping Mollies Hotel in shape
Why I like living in New Zealand: It’s full of major talent and energy!
I can't do without: My La Prairie anti-aging moisturiser – it’s the secret to looking fresh and vibrant for 24 hours.
Celebrate: My big sister Joanna (GM at Mollies) – she is the true star at the Hotel.
Underrated: Opera and arts in Auckland – there is sooo much happening and not enough attending!
My favourite things: Champagne, fashion and Maria Callas.
Last movie/CD/book: Movie –
Madama Butterfly, The Met Opera Broadcast at Rialto Cinema in Newmarket – wow! The Metropolitan Opera productions on the big screen in Auckland.
Next holiday: Back to Tonga to see my BIG family.
Guilty pleasure: KFC
Best advice: Balance (Karma-like)
Woman you admire most: My mum Viela and ‘surrogate’ mum Frances Wilson (owner of Mollies) – they both just keep going.
Your mentor: My Dad – he ‘created’ the word sacrifice.
Best health tip: Doing some exercise is better than nothing.
Favourite saying: Wow, that is sooo intense!
Best life-balance tip: Put out what you want to get back.
Worst moment: Putting singing on the back burner
What's next: Putting singing back at number one!
On the Spot
with Aaron Gilmore
Dancer
9-5 You will find me … After dropping the kids off at school and day care I’m teaching dance, public speaking and growing my business. Then back to pick up kids to take them to ballet, rugby or whatever else they have on. They have a better social life than I do.
After 5 you will find me … Cooking for my family, chasing my two children and trying to get them into bed, then off to dance teaching, demonstrations or speaking at an event.
Why I like living in Auckland … It’s warmer than Christchurch, where we lived before; more people, a faster pace of life and I love it.
I can’t do without … Love. Try as we may, it’s what we all want. Coffee comes in a close second and my wife’s booty, ha ha!
Celebrate … Life! Celebrate who you are and who you want to be.
Underrated … Child Youth and Family social workers. They do a really important job and deal with things every day that people generally don’t want to know about. They are under appreciated, underpaid and over abused! Our children need them.
My favourite thing/s … My children, Ethan (6) and Grace (4) – always fun, mostly honest, sometimes naughty and occasionally they sleep.
Last Movie/CD/Book … I’ll go with favourites: Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (DVD), iTunes for music and latest book read is The E-Myth Revisited.
Next Holiday … Hopefully soon! I don’t care where, as long as I’m there. Sun, sand and sleep.
Guilty pleasure … Coffee. It rules my day trying to get my next soy latte. I think I’m gonna have to join a support group or get a coffee sponsor.
Best Advice … Just be you – that’s enough.
Woman you admire most … My wife and mother of my children, Jaimee. She’s my best friend. She has given me so much and is not afraid to be herself. I love her very much.
Your mentor … I don’t really have one. I think there is a point where you need to take responsibility for your own growth and development.
Best health tip … Laugh, play and move.
Favourite saying … Always look on the bright side of life (adding a whistle when appropriate).
Best life balance tip … Take time to stop and just be in the moment. When you’re always thinking about what you haven’t done or what you need to do you miss the present.
Worst moment … To be honest, there has been a few but it is what you do with it that counts.
What’s next …? My dream is to host and present on television. To continue with my work as an MC and public speaker and to be the best version of myself I can be.
On the Spot
with John Key
Prime Minister
9-5 you will find me:
In the Beehive or out on the road meeting Kiwis and listening to their concerns.
After 5 you will find me:
Ditto
Why I like living in Parnell:
It’s close to the heart of the city and is family friendly.
I can’t do without:
Bluff oysters
Celebrate:
My wedding anniversary
Underrated:
Turkey on Christmas Day
My favourite things:
My family – including the cat (even though my wife and kids don’t think so), holidays and being Prime Minister.
Last movie/book:
Valkyrie, The Biggest Number in the Universe by Julie Leibrich and Ross Kinnaird – a bedtime story I read to the children at Discovery School in Whitby.
Next holiday:
A few days at Omaha Beach
Guilty pleasure:
Chocolate before bedtime
Best advice:
You get out of life what you put in.
Woman you admire most:
New Zealand’s female fashion designers. They bring a lot of pleasure to my wife and me.
Your mentor:
Jim McClay
Best health tip:
Watch your portion size – it’s not what you eat but how much.
Favourite Saying:
Okeedokee
Best life-balance tip:
Make sure you take your holidays.
Worst moment:
The death of my mother
What’s next:
A strong economic recovery and more time with the family.
On the Spot
with Richard Dryden
Classic Hits Breakfast
1. 9-5 you will find me:
By 9am my day is half over. I am walking up the hall for another cup of tea then sitting and prepping my show for the following day, whilst dreaming of my impending nana nap (usually about 3pm).
2. After 5 you will find me:
Waking from my nana nap and dreaming about what culinary masterpiece I am about to create! On a good day, I will do a wee bit of writing.
3. Why I like living in
Manawatu- Palmerston North: So close to everything ... Welly is just down the road, parents just up the road in Waverley and Taupo, Napier and Wairarapa are all so close.
4. I can't do without:
My friends and family. They keep me sane and provide me with plenty of material for my brekky show.
5. Celebrate:
Each day my feet touch the ground!
6. Underrated:
Silence.
7. My Favourite Things:
Golf, music, friends, the odd port and laughter.
8. Last Movie/CD/Book:
Movie – Wolverine, CD – Midnight Youth, Book – Sword Of Shannara.
9. Next Holiday:
Ireland, I hope and, failing that, freedom camping in Gizzy!
10. Guilty Pleasure:
M&Ms, Facebook and cuddling.
11. Best Advice:
Why follow others, when you can make your own footprints in the sand!
12. Woman you admire most:
My mum ... gave me her kidney!
13. Your Mentor:
Don't really have one but have had three or four people who have influenced the way I do what I do on-air and who have pointed and continue to point me in the right direction.
14. Best Health Tip:
Everything in moderation. One day I will work out exactly what ‘moderation’ is.
15. Favourite Saying:
'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain’.
16. Best Life Balance Tip:
Make sure that even if you work thirteen hours a day, you allow space for ‘me time’ – time to hop off the world for a bit.
17. Worst Moment:
Realising that, try as I might, I was never going to be tall like the old man.
18. What's Next:
Number one
On the Spot
with Rodney Wayne
Hair Guru
1. 9-5pm, you will find me:
At work or at play
2. After 5pm you will find me:
Definitely at play
3. Why I like living in …
Auckland. The best waterways and islands anywhere in the world.
4. I can’t do without:
Very good food and wine
5. Celebrate:
Waking up feeling well every day
6. Underrated:
Experiencing our own beautiful country
7. My favourite things:
My wife and family, my apartment and my boat
8. Last Movie/CD/Book:
The Edge of Love, Willie Nelson – Two Men and the Blues, The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer
9. Next holiday:
Hauraki Gulf, aboard our lovely old boat
10. Guilty pleasure:
Very good New Zealand Chardonnay or Central Otago Pinot Noir
11. Best advice:
Everything in moderation
12. Woman you admire most:
Margaret Thatcher and Carla Bruni
13. Your mentor:
I don’t have one - I like to listen to everyone
14. Best health tip:
Regular exercise
15. Favourite saying:
Beautiful
16. Best life balance tip:
Time to oneself
17. Worst moment:
My daughter’s horrible boat accident in the Bay of Islands many years ago
18. What’s next:
Another fantastic year and introducing Rodney Wayne Man to the group
On the Spot
with Mike Pero
Mike Pero Mortgages
1. From 9-5pm, you will find me:
generally, in my office in Hereford Street, Christchurch
2. After 5pm, you will find me:
still in the office but after 7pm, I’m at home; I have dinner and then do a bit more work or play ‘til 11pm
3. Why I like living in Christchurch:
it’s not too big and busy but we get the best of both worlds – international connections, commerce, industry, no traffic issues and a colourful garden backdrop to our quaint little English-styled village
4. I can’t do without:
my coffee (several times a day)
5. Celebrate:
New Zealanders and their capabilities in all sectors – business, inventions, sport – we’re global
6. Underrated:
smiling – we need more smiles and happy faces
7. My favourite things:
family, holidays, travelling and meeting people
8. Last movie/CD/book:
Mamma Mia (fell asleep but had to be there for Rachel)
9. Next holiday:
Auitutaki
10. Guilty pleasure:
can’t say
11. Best advice:
get your priorities right – applies to personal, financial, business and any sector /goal in life
12. Woman you admire most:
Annah Stretton. I also admire all self-made entrepreneurial high-performing women in business – we need more
13. Your mentor:
can’t say I’ve had one to date … can anyone help me?
14. Best health tip:
use plenty of sun protection; try and keep the same suit size in your fourth decade and use Bio Oil frequently
15. Favourite saying:
mean what you say and say what you mean
16. Best life balance tip:
everything in moderation
17. Worst moment:
life’s been good to me but probably losing friends through life – accidents/illness
18. What’s next:
either my own oil refinery, money printing machine or time machine
On the Spot
with Craig Revel-Horwood
Judge, TVNZ's
Dancing with the Stars
1. 9-5pm you will find me:
At the gym 8.30-10am then rehearsals for my musicals. I direct and choreograph until 6pm.
2. After 6pm you will find me:
Interviewing, TV filming or out for networking dinners for future projects
3. Why I like living in …
London is fast and furious and totally cosmopolitan and a great base for world domination!
4. I can’t do without:
My computer or iPhone – oh, and holidays
5. Celebrate:
People who love and embrace life
6. My Favourite Things:
Champagne fridge at my home in London holds 400 bottles – yum!
7. Last Movie/CD/Book:
Confessions of a Shopaholic – I relate to that, Best of Bette Midler and All Balls and Glitter – My Life by Craig Revel-Horwood
8. Next Holiday:
Greece
9. Guilty Pleasure:
Bangers and mash and hot chips
10. Best Advice:
Everything in moderation
11. Woman you admire most:
Bette Midler
12. Your Mentor:
Bob Fosse
13. Best Health Tip:
Eat less fat and exercise at least three times a week
14. Favourite Saying:
Darling!
15. Best Life Balance Tip:
Everything in moderation
16. Worst Moment:
Discovering my first grey hair, last month
17. What’s Next:
Directing Spend, Spend, Spend the musical, also The Hot Mikado, Series 7 Strictly Come Dancing, playing the wicked queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – “Mirror, mirror on the wall …”
On the Spot
With Comedien Andrew Lumsden
AKA Radar
1. 9-5 You will find me:
Procrastinating with reckless abandon, convinced that what I am doing is VERY important for achieving the long term goal of eventually getting things done.
2. After 5 you will find me:
Cooking a large and overly elaborate meal in order to sustain the energy required to complete all the things I didn't do before 5pm.
3. Why I like living in…
Sin. Weddings seem so vain and self congratulatory.
4. I can't do without:
Oxygen
5. Celebrate:
Failure.
6. Under-Rated:
Standing naked in the rain.
7. My Favourite Things:
Are related to my guilty pleasure (see Q10)
8. Last Movie/CD/Book:
Books actually, a large pile of them all about New Zealand history, which I dip into occasionally in order to convince myself I'm working. Currently I'm just looking at the pictures.
9. Next Holiday:
Will be work related and somewhere in New Zealand. That way it'll be fun and linked to my new show - so it'll be tax deductible.
10. Guilty Pleasure:
The Internet’s ability to continue to enthral, yet repel me, with its depths of human endeavour. The things I have witnessed…
11. Best Advice:
Was given to me by the Head of my boarding school - ‘If your friend smells, he may not know it. As a friend you have to tell him’. I think he was speaking metaphorically.
12. Woman you admire most:
My mother, who raised three children while running a dairy farm while my father was away on business.
13. Your Mentor:
Would always say, ‘I think you could have done better’. They'd, invariably, be right.
14. Best Health Tip:
Old age is not all it's cracked up to be so have that second helping and wash it down with another drink.
15. Favourite Saying:
You make your own luck!
16. Best Life Balance Tip:
You only live once.
17. Worst Moment:
Generally happens not long after reassuring myself with my Best Life Balance Tip.
18. What's Next:
After re-reading 1 to 17 to make sure I have been appropriately wise, I shall procrastinate by continuing to dip in and out of the pile of New Zealand history books in the belief they will implant their wisdom into my brain by osmosis and provide fodder for my new live comedy show, Eating the Dog, which is about my favourite moments in New Zealand's grand history.
On the Spot
with Radio Personality Willy DeWitt
1. 9-5 You will find me:
Finishing off my radio show, sleeping, exercising… and drinking by 5pm
2. After 5 you will find me:
Still drinking...
3. Why I like living in…:
Have moved from a house to an apartment. Oh the joy! I don't miss my lawnmower, edge trimmer, or hedge clippers at all.
4. I can’t do without:
Indian food and my daughter Miriana. If she was Indian it would be a perfect world.
5. Celebrate:
Tottenham’s revival under Harry Redknapp.
6. Under-Rated:
Chicken Biriyani
7. My Favourite Things:
My tattoos
8. Last Movie/CD/Book:
Daddy was a German Spy by Brian Edwards.
9. Next Holiday:
Whangapoua on the Coromandel Coast.
10. Guilty Pleasure:
Jason Gunn
11. Best Advice:
Dad’s, which is: whatever you do in life be good at one thing.
12. Woman you admire most:
Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Heidi Klum, Elle Macpherson. (Do you see a pattern emerging?)
13. Your Mentor:
TV – David McPhail. Radio – Paul Holmes.
14. Best Health Tip:
Always eat the seeds of the apple. They contain amazing anti-cancerous properties.
15. Favourite Saying:
Flibbidy Jibs.
16. Best Life-Balance Tip:
One glass of water to every two glasses of wine.
17. Worst Moment:
Forgetting to drink the water.
18. What’s Next:
It's a magazine. (What do I win?)
