What was your greatest holiday?
If the test is pleasurable and memorable, it was one of the first Graeme Dingle Foundation programmes. The challenge I gave the 12 young people from West Auckland was: "Take me to the glacier where the Waikato River begins, collect some ice in a waterproof container, then using kayaks paddle to the sea." The adventure took nearly three weeks but I returned my charges to their school transformed. At a special assembly, we presented each of the 12 with a specially labelled bottle of melted glacier ice, celebrating their effort.
And the worst?
The worst was an attempt to climb a 6000m peak in the Andes with Jo-anne Wilkinson.
On the first day, we got the gut infection giardia. I took an overdose of the drug intended to combat the illness and spent the rest of the holiday stumbling around on grossly swollen feet.
If we bump into you on holiday, what are you most likely to be doing?
Being active. I can't stand inactivity - lying on a beach or milling with tourists.
If we could teleport you to one place in New Zealand for a week-long holiday, where would it be?
Wildest Fiordland, say Puysegur Point or Resolution Island with the endless bush and wild seas breaking on the granite coastline.
