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SusanWood

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After a stint at The NZ Herald, Susan Wood moved into television in the 1980s. There she would anchor the news and election coverage, present her own interview show (Today Live) and was one of the original hosts on Breakfast (alongside Mike Hosking). She was also the first Australian correspondent for One News. After Paul Holmes’ departure for Prime, Wood hosted prime time show Close Up for two years. In 2013 she began a stint as presenter of political show Q+A.

Screenography

Soldiers Without Guns
2019 Subject Film
Q+A
2009 - 2026 Presenter Series
Holmes 15th Anniversary
2004 Subject Television
Deadly Business
2004 Presenter Television
Close Up
2004 - 2012 Presenter Series

Awards

2006 Qantas Television Awards (New Zealand)
Nominated for Best News or Current Affairs Presenter: for Close Up

“We churned out an hour of news everyday. There would be five, six interviews which I had to wrap my head around ... it was absolutely full on, and we were a tiny team. But it just gelled.”

— Susan Wood, on anchoring the midday news