Susan Wood is a

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presenter who hosted TV ONE's nightly news and current affairs show ''Close Up''.

Biography

The daughter of Alex Wood the chief reporter of the now-defunct Auckland Star. Wood began her career in journalism in 1979 as a print reporter for the ''Bay of Plenty Times'' before moving on to ''

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'' in Auckland to work as the court and then police reporter. She began her career with

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in 1985 as a reporter for the then-network news (simply called ''News'') and the regional news show ''Top Tux''. She was the first

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correspondent for'' ONE Network News.'' Wood 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'' and ''Assignment'' and was the original presenter of ''Midday'' and ''Breakfast''. She co-presented ''Breakfast'' with

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for two-and-a-half years until she left the early-morning show to host ''Today Live'', which ran for two years. On 2 November 2004 Paul Holmes resigned from

and announced he was moving to a rival TV company,

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. The ''Holmes'' show ended immediately and was replaced by a new current affairs show, ''Close Up'', which was the same as ''Holmes'' in format, with Susan Wood as the new host. In 2005 Wood took her employer

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 Ups presenter. On 4 December 2006 Wood announced her resignation from TVNZ for health reasons. TVNZ said that for the previous few weeks, Wood's health had been a matter for serious concern. She had surgery in mid-December 2006 to remove a lump from her neck following an inconclusive

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. Wood took a job as general manager of the

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Beach Business Association in October 2007, but left a week later saying that it did not have the funding to achieve what she wanted for Takapuna. She now hosts the TVNZ current affairs program Q&A. She works as a backup talkshow host on popular radio station

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. On 10 January 2015 Susan Wood was carrying washing up the stairs of her Auckland home when she fell and suffered a brain injury. In 2001, Wood was awarded a Bravo award by the

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for her

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moose interview from 27 June.

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About Susan Wood at TVNZClose Up minisite

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Susan New Zealand women television presenters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Newstalk ZB

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