Suzy Cato

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Suzy Cato
ONZM
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Cato in 2025
Born
Suzanne Noreen Cato

(1968-06-20) 20 June 1968 (age 57)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
OccupationsTV personality, producer
Years active1990–present
SpouseSteve Booth
Children2
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Genre Vlogs
Subscribers15.6 thousand
Views5 million
Last updated: August 8, 2025
Website suzy.co.nz

Suzanne Noreen Cato ONZM (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 . [1] [2]

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Career

Cato began her broadcasting career at the KCCFM radio station in Whangarei, before she moved to Auckland to begin her television career in 1990. [3] 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 . [3]

In 1993 Cato presented the successful You and Me television show, which aired over 2000 episodes. [4] When this show finished in 1998, Cato created her own production company – Treehut. [5] Cato went on to produce her immensely popular Suzy's World , which aired 263 episodes from 1999–2002. [6] In 2025 You and Me was re-released on a new dedicated YouTube channel. [7]

Since 2005, Cato has produced a television show in association with the New Zealand Police – Bryan and Bobby. [8] Bryan and Bobby is an educational show which was created to teach children safety messages through song and entertainment. [9]

Cato was a contestant on the seventh series of Dancing With The Stars New Zealand . [10] [11]

She is currently co-hosting a podcast series Double Strength Mama Power (regarding parenting in New Zealand) alongside Tui Fleming. [12]

She was 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. [13]

On 9 May 2021 Suzy appeared on The Masked Singer NZ as the "Tui", being the first one eliminated. [14]

Cato (right), after her investiture as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Auckland, on 1 October 2025 Suzy Cato ONZM investiture.jpg
Cato (right), after her investiture as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Auckland, on 1 October 2025

In the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours, Cato was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music, television and education. [15]

Personal life

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. [16]

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" [16]

Cato and her husband Steve have two children. [17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Screen, NZ On. "You and Me | Series | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Suzy Cato speaks about the end of Suzy's World: 'I didn't want to get out of bed'". Stuff . Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 "About Us". Suzy's Store. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "You and Me | Series | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen . Retrieved 7 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ↑ "Where are they now: Suzy Cato". Now To Love. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Suzy's World | Series | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen . Retrieved 7 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ↑ TV, My Life in (14 June 2025). "'I was a great big doofus': Suzy Cato on the joy of making 90s kids TV". The Spinoff. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Bryan and Bobby | Series | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen . Retrieved 7 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ↑ "About – Bryan And Bobby". bryanandbobby.co.nz. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Suzy Cato's my hot potato on Dancing With The Stars". Stuff . Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Dancing with the Stars: Suzy Cato just re-wrote our childhoods". Stuff . Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "How to listen to Double Strength Mama Power, Stuff's new podcast with Suzy Cato". Stuff . 2 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  13. ↑ "Suzy Cato to front new educational TV channel". Otago Daily Times . 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  14. ↑ "Review: Why the Masked Singer was more cringe than binge". The New Zealand Herald . 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  15. ↑ "King's Birthday Honours: Dai Henwood, Tim Southee and Jude Dobson among those recognised". RNZ News . 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  16. 1 2 "Suzy Cato | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen . Retrieved 7 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  17. ↑ "Dancing with the Stars NZ: A hard road, for some, as celebs prepare for battle". Stuff . Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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