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?)
