While playing rugby she gained a degree from the University of Otago (BA PHSE) and a journalism certificate from Wellington Polytechnic in 1996.

She was also a journalist for Sky TV NZ on events like the Commonwealth Games and Netball World Cup 2015.

A former winner of the Miss Canterbury Beauty Pageant Robinson balanced her full-time role with Sky Sport with part-time study at Auckland University's Business School for her PostGrad Diploma.

In 2019, she was on the first panel to determine the World Rugby women's-15s player-of-the-year award with Danielle Waterman, Will Greenwood, Liza Burgess, Lynne Cantwell, Fiona Coghlan, Gaëlle Mignot, Jillion Potter, Stephen Jones, and Karl Te Nana.

Robinson is a castaway on the 2022 series of the New Zealand reality television show Celebrity Treasure Island.