Suzy Cato

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Suzy Cato
Born
Suzanne Noreen Cato

(1968-06-20) 20 June 1968 (age 55)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation(s)TV personality, producer
Years active1990–present
SpouseSteve Booth
Children2
Websitesuzy.co.nz

Suzanne Noreen Cato (born 20 June 1968) is a New Zealand children's entertainer. She is best known as the host of several New Zealand children's television programmes, most notably Suzy's World and You and Me.

Career[edit]

Cato began her broadcasting career at the KCCFM radio station in Whangarei, before she moved to Auckland to begin her television career in 1990.[1] Cato's first role on television was as a presenter of the New Zealand version of the popular children's television series The Early Bird Show with a puppet character named Russell Rooster. After The Early Bird Show, Cato moved on to hosting the children's television show 3pm.[1]

In 1993 Cato presented the successful You and Me television show, which aired over 2000 episodes.[2] When this show finished in 1998, Cato created her own production company – Treehut.[3] Cato went on to produce her immensely popular Suzy's World, which aired 263 episodes from 1999–2002.[4]

Since 2005, Cato has produced a television show in association with the New Zealand Police – Bryan and Bobby.[5] Bryan and Bobby is an educational show which was created to teach children safety messages through song and entertainment.[6]

Cato was a contestant on the seventh series of Dancing With The Stars New Zealand.[7][8]

She is currently co-hosting a podcast series Double Strength Mama Power (regarding parenting in New Zealand) alongside Tui Fleming.[9]

She will be part of a TV channel designed to educate New Zealand children stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, on one of two channels announced on 8 April 2020.[10]

On 9 May 2021 Suzy appeared on The Masked Singer NZ as the "Tui", being the first one eliminated.

Personal life[edit]

Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia to New Zealand parents, Cato moved to her parents' homeland when she was a month old, living in Hamilton, Kaikohe and Dunedin before settling in Auckland where she lives today.[11]

When Suzy's World was cancelled, Cato said that she was taking a break to focus on "her greatest production ever — growing a wee family"[11]

Cato and her husband Steve have two children.[12]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Suzy's Store. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ^ "You and Me | Series | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 7 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ "Where are they now: Suzy Cato". Now To Love. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Suzy's World | Series | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 7 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ "Bryan and Bobby | Series | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 7 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ "About – Bryan And Bobby". bryanandbobby.co.nz. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Suzy Cato's my hot potato on Dancing With The Stars". Stuff. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Dancing with the Stars: Suzy Cato just re-wrote our childhoods". Stuff. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  9. ^ "How to listen to Double Strength Mama Power, Stuff's new podcast with Suzy Cato". Stuff. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Suzy Cato to front new educational TV channel". Otago Daily Times. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Suzy Cato | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 7 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. ^ "Dancing with the Stars NZ: A hard road, for some, as celebs prepare for battle". Stuff. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

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