Wellington, Feb 17 NZPA - Telecom is investigating a Wanganui woman's claims she received a text message from a Telecom call centre which said "f**k you customer" after she complained texts to her family were taking hours to get through.

Wellington, Dec 18 NZPA - If Wanganui adopts two acceptable spellings, people will drift towards Whanganui, says Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia. Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson will announce his decision on the controversial "H-bomb" issue in Wanganui at 11.30am.

Wellington, Dec 17 NZPA - Wanganui will know tomorrow whether an H is going to be inserted in its name. Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson has been pondering the question for several weeks and will announce his decision in Wanganui at 11.30am tomorrow.

Wellington, Nov 20 NZPA - Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws is accusing a company overseeing the city's port of running it down to the extent of creating a public health hazard.

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).

Wellington, July 12 NZPA - Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson says she will seek a review of the use of folic acid in bread -- but not until a month after bakers have started adding it.

Wellington, May 10 NZPA - Wanganui's Mayor Michael Laws says he is "absolutely convinced" the city's new gang patch ban law will spread nationwide. Parliament passed the bill last week, giving the council the power to ban gang patches in public places.

Wellington, May 10 - There are more than a million guns in New Zealand and it is too late to try to find all the unregistered weapons, an MP said today. Chester Borrows, MP for Wanganui and a former police officer, said that for many years shotguns did not have to be registered.