A political leader will appear in Parliament with a drastic new hairdo this month after the public decides who it would most like to see get the chop.
Either Labour Party leader David Shearer or Green Party co-leader Russel Norman will have their heads shaved as part of a fundraiser for people with leukaemia and other blood cancers.
In a campaign that neither participant is desperate to win, the public can now vote on which politician they would like to see lose their hair outside the Beehive on March 26.
Dr Norman encouraged people to place their vote in Mr Shearer's column, because less hair would be lost: "I'm pretty sure I've got more hair than him - so he's got nothing to lose!" He said he was motivated to support a blood cancer awareness week because he was diagnosed with melanoma, aged 15.
"It's a good cause. When you're young - and when you're old - it can be a real challenge dealing with it. But I survived, and here I am today."
