Wanganui's mayor said Pita Sharples did not understand "any culture that is not Maori", after the Maori Party co-leader called for Wanganui residents to accept its new name.

Iwi say Laws approached them about a compromise on putting an "h" into the city's name, but was told unequivocally there was none.

Mayor Michael Laws calls the decision to include an 'H' in Wanganui "a grievance and a wrong ...perpetrated on the great majority of the people of Wanganui".

Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws remains confident the Government will reverse the Geographic Boards' decision to insert the letter H in Wanganui.

The school whose pupils received an "abusing" letter from Wanganui mayor Michael Laws will invite the outspoken mayor to a meeting.

A Wanganui man is jailed for violating a woman with a metal kitchen implement.

Michael Laws tells young students of their "deficiencies of both fact and logic" for suggesting Wanganui should have an "h".

The Wanganui mayor slams year 7 and 8 students for their "misapprehension" in suggesting Wanganui should have an "h".

A 21-year-old man is the first person in Wanganui to be arrested for wearing gang patches.

Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws says gang members who wear gang patches in protest today will be arrested.

Wanganui police will enforce a new ban on gang patches with a "commonsense approach", but say patches are not welcome.

Karl James Copley Lane admitted shooting Nadine Timmins in the head with a pistol after a dispute outside a public toilet.