Suzy & Friends

About Suzy & Friends

Join Suzy & Friends for a slice of a Kiwi kid’s life! Kids share their thoughts, talents, and tales; and hosts Suzy Cato and Trevor Plant share stories and silliness.

Publisher

RNZ

Category

kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Feb 2024

Latest episode

11 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

189 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Nov 2026

   Kiwi music for Kiwi kids, Bees, Birds and Books

   Songs about chips, birds, and spiders. Plus, the story ‘The Kōmako’, tamariki talk about their favourite place, and 8-year-old Alcina shares a good book – ‘Finding Joy’. Suzy Cato’s multi-award-winning radio show is now a podcast, with 100% kiwi music and tamariki with stories, songs, books and jokes. Join Suzy, Trevor and friends for loads of fun and laughs! New episodes out every Thursday. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details (https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/suzy-and-friends?share=32389acd-7fcc-4517-92e7-0728fed47b84)

2. 

   8 Nov 2026

   Hopscotch!

   Fun Facts about the game 'Hopscotch', Codi helps us learn how to say 'wait' in te reo Māori, and tamariki talk about holidays. There's a book review and heaps of jokes too! Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details (https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/suzy-and-friends?share=bdfc8b09-e1fd-4a99-a201-217608d33fa3)

3. 

   4 Nov 2026

   Music made in Aotearoa, a cool book, and jokes!

   Spellodies sing ‘Again’, there’s a fun song called ‘Crossbones the Dancing Skeleton’, and Anika Moa does ‘Oma Rapeti’. Young Amelia talks about her favourite book, ‘Elf Care’, and Faith, Kovee, and Nathan have a triple treat of jokes. Suzy Cato’s multi-award-winning radio show is now a podcast, with 100% kiwi music and tamariki with stories, songs, books and jokes. Join Suzy, Trevor and friends for loads of fun and laughs! New episodes out every Thursday. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details (https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/suzy-and-friends?share=367e6136-d36a-4c89-9c1b-fc1f6b2fc440)

Who has been a guest on Suzy & Friends

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• A Nurse
• Lars
• Codi
• Megan
• Serena

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

4.9 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

63

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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