It's one of the heavyweight debates of the local body elections; Tim Shadbolt and Suzanne Prentice are squaring up to be mayor of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.
The pair went head to head on Whanganui mayor Michael Laws' talkback show on Radio Live at 9am today.
It's a rare opportunity to hear the pair debate the issues. We blogged the debate live as it happened.
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