Wellington, Oct 1 NZPA - Most New Zealanders prefer the retention of the name Wanganui and no change to Whanganui, a poll released today says. The UMR survey showed 62 percent preferred Wanganui, 23 percent Whanganui and 13 percent were undecided.

About two weeks ago, I blogged about Michael Laws and his insulting words to a kura kaupapa Maori immersion class at Otaki Primary School who wrote to him regarding the use of the 'h' word in Whanganui's name.

Today, it was revealed that Michael Laws had written a rude and dismissive letter to the mainly Maori pupils of Otaki Primary School in the Whanganui district (dare I add the 'h' word here for effect).