Opinion: Secure housing is key to community stability
■ Whakatāne should be a stable place to call home. Stability would support us to build deep and last
Letters: “Google’s truth: Different answers, same questions"
Keith Melville I put my Google search tool to work after reading Mawera Karetai’s somewhat dismissi
Letter: Bridge bandits: Coastlands drivers cutting corners
Neryda McNabb So it seems we drivers who live on the western side of Whakatāne and crawl into town
Opinion: Powering the Eastern Bay of Plenty
■ The Eastern Bay of Plenty is deep in an economic transformation. From aquaculture growth in Ōpōtik
Letters: Safety at Ōhope Wharf
Linda Murray I wish to acknowledge the wonderful improvements Whakatāne District Council has made t
Letters: Need to reduce proposed rate increase
Catrina Jones Thank you, Peter Patterson, for your Beacon letter (March 27), wherein you wrote that
Opinion: Tiny homes – need to strike a better balance
■ In a housing crisis it would seem sensible to support cash-strapped people with the energy and ini
No way, Nandor
Peter Patterson Further to Mayor Nandor’s article in last Wednesday’s Beacon on prudent financial m
If Government won’t provide a safety net when people need it most – then who will?
■ When I think about the foundations needed for a good life, the first place my mind goes is a roof
Letter: Value in robust debate
Keith Melville Thanks to Mawera Karetai for her civil and informative response last Friday to my le
Opinion: Solve the divisions rather than targeting the PM
■ Let’s be clear, I am horrified to be put in a position of defending Prime Minister Christopher Lux
Kids ask the best questions don’t they?
■ Jess Suisted unpacks the surprising history behind Easter bunnies, eggs and traditions “Mum, why
Letters: Take another look
Dr Mawera Karetai n response to D Dawson’s letter in the Beacon, (March 18), containing more inform
Opinion: Housing issues and effects on our communities
■ I am one of the fortunate ones in our district. My partner and I own and live in a warm and mostly
Opinion: Housing an important issue for EBOP - and is being addressed
■ There has been a lot of talk about housing in the Eastern Bay and I wanted to set out what the Gov
Letters: Extra special holiday
Sue and David Cox We have just returned to the UK from another holiday in the beautiful Bay of Plen
Letter: Weka woes
Peter Fitzgerald I live in the country at Awakeri. About five years ago I saw our first weka. Sinc
Opinion: Planes, trains and automobiles in a world without oil
■ On April 15, 2025, the Beacon published an article of mine titled Planes, trains and automobiles i
Opinion: Three out of 10 again
Phillip Jacobs In the Beacon on Wednesday, March 18, Mayor Nandor Tanczos wrote about a council foc
Letter: Additional copies printed
Lynette, Julia, Catharine, Janet and Bill Prior to 2001, some local residents held a reunion of ori
Letters: Great neighbours - Mokorua
Betty While starting a walk with hubby on Appenzell Drive, Betty tripped on the kerb and did a face
Letters: Sullivan Lake spraying
Steven Barton They sprayed by drone early this morning (Monday) not long after it had stopped raini
Rangatahi bring passion to the council
It was great to have a passionate roomful of rangatahi and youth leaders bringing their questions, c
Opinion: Little kiwi and the Treaty
■ With the coalition government’s ongoing efforts to review Treaty of Waitangi clauses and obligatio