Suzy Aiken
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Suzanne Elizabeth "Suzy" Clarkson (née Aiken) is a New Zealand
news presenter
at Prime Television
.
She has appeared in the NZ drama Shortland Street
, and produced aerobic workout videos and co-authored the book "Healthy Body Healthy Mind". In the late 1980s and early 90s she appeared on the show "Blind Date" where she was the hostess. She was the NZ presenter for the travel programme "Getaway" for four series and has a post graduate qualification in Broadcast Journalism—and before moving into television was a qualified a Physiotherapist.
She became Suzy Clarkson after her marriage to Tim Clarkson in early 2006.
She became the anchor and producer for Prime News First at 5.30 from its launch in February 2004. On February 15, 2006 the New Zealand press announced Prime was replacing Clarkson as its news presenter with Alison Mau
.http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3573024a1869,00.html However on February 24 it was reported that Prime had withdrawn its offer after what Mau described as "inexplicably callous treatment", and Eric Young would now be hosting the weekday show, with Clarkson moving to presenting the weekend news and weekday sports news.http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3582826a1860,00.html
She returned to Prime News after a short break for maternity leave following the birth of her first child in July 2007.
In November 2010, it was announced she would be leaving her role as weekend newsreader at Prime.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/television/news/article.cfm?c_id=339&objectid=10689007
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
news presenter
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
at Prime Television
Prime Television New Zealand
Prime is the seventh national free-to-air television station in New Zealand. The station airs a mixed group of programmes, largely imported from Australia, the UK and the United States, as well as free-to-air rugby union, cricket and rugby league matches....
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She has appeared in the NZ drama Shortland Street
Shortland Street
Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...
, and produced aerobic workout videos and co-authored the book "Healthy Body Healthy Mind". In the late 1980s and early 90s she appeared on the show "Blind Date" where she was the hostess. She was the NZ presenter for the travel programme "Getaway" for four series and has a post graduate qualification in Broadcast Journalism—and before moving into television was a qualified a Physiotherapist.
She became Suzy Clarkson after her marriage to Tim Clarkson in early 2006.
She became the anchor and producer for Prime News First at 5.30 from its launch in February 2004. On February 15, 2006 the New Zealand press announced Prime was replacing Clarkson as its news presenter with Alison Mau
Alison Mau
Alison "Ali" Mau is an Australian-born New Zealand television journalist and presenter. she is employed at Television New Zealand as permanent backup host for the Breakfast programme and co-host of TVNZ show Fair Go.-Career:Mau's first reporting job was for the Warracknabeal Herald in northern...
.http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3573024a1869,00.html However on February 24 it was reported that Prime had withdrawn its offer after what Mau described as "inexplicably callous treatment", and Eric Young would now be hosting the weekday show, with Clarkson moving to presenting the weekend news and weekday sports news.http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3582826a1860,00.html
She returned to Prime News after a short break for maternity leave following the birth of her first child in July 2007.
In November 2010, it was announced she would be leaving her role as weekend newsreader at Prime.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/television/news/article.cfm?c_id=339&objectid=10689007