Left behind - why our region needs an Inclusive Emergency Plan
■ When a tsunami or major earthquake strikes the Eastern Bay, what will you and your whānau do, asks
Letter: Disruption party with selfish motives
D Dawson In an interview on Q and A with Jack Tame, Opportunity Party’s leader Qiulae Wong, when as
Opinion: Fixing the basics, but what about our democracy?
■ The National Party says it’s “Fixing the Basics” but makes no mention of the most fundamental basi
Letter: Unemployment and taxes
Keith Melville Even though voting has opened for our general election I am not writing this to scor
Letter: Great service
Jude Engel A shout out to Daniel and his crew at Appliance Plus in The Strand. First time purchase
Opinion: A new long-term plan; a different scenario?
■ By the time you read this opinion piece, our elected councillors have a briefing about the new LTP
Health roadshow: Another side to the conversation
Darrin Hawkes Having attended the Patient Voice Aotearoa roadshow meeting in Whakatāne, I was pleas
Letter: Go for it
Sandra James In response to those who don’t like the current design of the kiwi. Art has always be
Letter: Multicultural Festival participants wanted
Sue Whale Members of the WDC Global Cities Committee met this week to plan a multicultural festival
For Sale: One slightly overused country
David Hick Here’s an idea. Let’s sell New Zealand and sort out all our problems and issues in one t
A right-wing view
D Dawson 1. The National coalition took on a huge debt to be paid back with huge interest payments
Sculpture at odds with nature
Duncan Smith Re my last letter: I felt very strongly that a hideous hulk of rusting metal, blottin
Bringing healthcare closer to East Coast communities
Dana Kirkpatrick for East Cape For people living on the East Coast, access to healthcare has always
Please stop eating tarakihi
Mawera Karetai Last week I was invited to speak at Ocean Acidification in a High CO2 World, a confe
Opinion: Rates rise anyone?
■We all know that council rates rise much faster than the consumer price index (CPI) but don’t let a
Letter: Kiwi Capital of the World
Suzanne Williams This is what Whakatāne has been dubbed locally, with some justification. The Kiwi
Opinion:
■ There is a message many of us absorb very early in life: if you are not “smart enough”, you probab
Letter: Kiwi design misses the mark
Ann Fletcher MFA (hons) I am writing to share my thoughts regarding the proposed 20-foot giant kiwi
Letter: Yes indeed, let’s get behind the current coalition
John Capener Show your support for their initiatives. Light up a cigarette and celebrate the subsi
Letter: Swap planned kiwi for pou
Diana Clark I enjoyed reading the article about the Kawarehe housing development in Wednesday’s Bea
Letter: Symbolic icon
Debz Dickinson Just imagine driving into Whakatāne and seeing an amazing 6-metre-tall contemporary
Letter: A tired rusting 1970s logo
J McKevitt Congratulations to Stephanie Hunt for expressing her opinion on the proposed steel kiwi
Letter: What next?
D Mankelow I have recently been advised that the Whakatāne District Council is now charging a fee f
Letter: Vote for change - nothing has changed
D Dawson The Labour leader says we should vote for change, which is what we did at the last electio