I am writing to express my disappointment and disgust with the foul language used by a sitting MP in a family restaurant in the presence of children.

On Wednesday 19 January my wife and I dropped by the Bank Street McDonald's in Whangarei for a quick lunch. While we were eating, a group of people, including Hone Harawira sat down at the table next to us and we were only separated by a thin partition.

While everyone else at the table spoke quietly to each other or made discrete cellphone calls, Mr Harawira carried on a loud, basically one-sided discussion with a woman across the table.

The only voice we could hear was that of Mr Harawira and his frequent use of "f" words, as well as the even cruder language he used to describe someone he referred to as "Helen Keys."

If Mr Harawira wants to carry on like that in his own home or on his marae, then that's his business. But my wife and I don't appreciate being subjected to his loudmouthed and totally inappropriate crudity in a public place and don't think the children who were in the restaurant at the time should be subjected to it either.

Let Mr Harawira be a "legend in his own lunchtime," not in ours.

Kind regards,