On this week's Friday Faceoff, broadcaster Mark Sainsbury and political commentator and lecturer Bryce Edwards spoke at the murmurings that Annette King was approached as a possible option as Commissioner for the under-fire Wellington City Council.

They also discussed the latest budget cuts made by the Wellington City Council to fund water infrastructure upgrades, David Seymour's pledge to fine parents to fix truancy, the future of the Interislander ferries, whether rugby is dying after news the Wellington Rugby Union is selling its stake in the Hurricanes and why Wellington trains are constantly being replaced by buses.

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