Susan Wood
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| Born: |  New Zealand |
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| Occupation: | TV ONE Journalist |
Susan Wood is a New Zealand television presenter who hosted TV ONE's nightly news and current affairs show Close Up.
Wood began her career in journalism in 1979 as a print reporter for the Bay of Plenty Times before moving on to The New Zealand Herald in Auckland to work as the court and then police reporter.
She began her career with TVNZ in 1985 as a reporter for the then-network news (simply credited News) and the regional news show Top Half. She was the first Australia correspondent for ONE Network News.
Susan has also hosted the lifestyle series Open Home and New Zealand Living, was Paul Holmes regular fill-in on Holmes (in some years, the credits were altered to show Holmes with Susan Wood as the title), presented Frontline, Assignment and was the original presenter of Midday and Breakfast. She co-presented Breakfast with Mike Hosking for two-and-a-half years until she left the early-morning show to host Today Live, which ran for two years.
On November 2, 2004, Paul Holmes resigned from TVNZ and announced he was moving to a rival TV company, Prime Television. Consequently the Holmes show ended immediately and was replaced by a new current affairs show Close Up, which was exactly the same as Holmes in format, with Susan Wood as the new host.
In 2005, Wood made headlines when she took her employer TVNZ to court after the broadcaster attempted to cut more than $100,000 from her salary. Wood won the case, and in 2006 returned as Close Up's presenter.
On December 4, 2006 Wood announced her resignation from TVNZ due to health reasons. TVNZ said for the last few weeks, Wood's health had been a matter for serious concern. She underwent surgery in mid-December 2006 to remove a lump on her neck following an inconclusive biopsy.
