Susie Ferguson

Susie Ferguson is a Scottish radio presenter and journalist based in New Zealand.

Ferguson was born and raised in Scotland, and at the age of 18 moved to Stratford-upon-Avon for a drama course. She later studied at London University's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She has reported and presented from a range of international locations including Iraq, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Lebanon, Mozambique and the Balkans. From 2003 Ferguson was an embedded journalist with the British Forces Broadcasting Service in Kuwait during the Iraq War; in total, she spent six years reporting from war zones. She also reported on the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan and the Boxing Day Tsunami. Initially she presented Summer Report and Checkpoint on Radio New Zealand. From 2014 to 2022, she presented Morning Report with Guyon Espiner.

Radio New Zealand announced on 11 July 2022 that Ferguson was leaving her role on Morning Report to take up a new position as a senior presenter and journalist. Ferguson said she was "looking forward to switching off the early alarm, but more than that...thrilled to be given the time and opportunity to make more podcasts and programmes, as well as to connect further with listeners by presenting across a range of RNZ National's award-winning shows."