Opinion: Healthcare services in Whakatāne
■ Grey Power’s Victor Luca reflects on healthcare pressures and growing waiting lists Back in the 1
Letter: Kumara research sparks taxpayer debate
Keith Melville To find out whether our tax money is being spent wisely, I occasionally visit the Ta
Letters: Socialism's failings
Keith Melville I agree, in part, with your correspondent John Capener’s last paragraph of his Beaco
Opinion: Why everyone’s voice matters in shaping our region’s future
■ Every year, the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana (BOPRC) reviews how it invests your rates
Letter: Rates affordability a concern
J Mackintosh The report in the March 6 Beacon, written by Diane McCarthy, on the meeting of the cou
Letter: Upcoming inquiry long overdue
Sandy Milne On March 2, Health New Zealand (HNZ) announced that it has started working on “a nation
Letter: Not a happy camper
Dianne M Not a happy camper I recently visited the lovely Riverside Holiday Park with the intent
Letter: Confronting coastal biodiversity threats
Allan MacDougall ing numbers of people stripping the rocks at Ōtarawairere Bay of anything vaguely
Letters: Uplifting bouquet
Pat Doran The bedding begonias at The Strand roundabout near Pohaturoa Rock have been really beauti
Letter: Queries over Ōpape fix-up
Mike FLetcher Our district council will fix a stretch of eroded foreshore at Ōpape. This is reveale
Letter: Happy reader
Paul Jamieson I just wanted to say thanks for the news you give us each week. I ended up listeni
Letter: Celebrating sports coverage and voices
John Capener One of the first things I noticed when I moved to this area was the coverage, includin
Letter: Proposal clarification coming
Bridget Robson Suzanne Williams said she left the Whakatāne District Council’s committee meeting a
Letter: Call for fair pricing
Alexander (Sandy) Milne The New Zealand one cent coin was withdrawn from use in 1990 and the five c
Letter: Several homeless refuse help
Scott Jarrett So much is out there on social media today and I was shocked to hear and see a local
Letter: Disrepair a risk to drivers
D Dawson While travelling from Awakeri to Ōpōtiki to the car and bike show on February 21, I could
Letter: Nothing short of bullying
Roselynn Waldman What a disgusting thing to happen to Mr Alby Lewis. To be assaulted for being a Go
Letter: 3/10 for accuracy
Colin Holmes I refer to the last Mayor Talk (Beacon, February 13) in which Whakatāne Mayor Nandor T
Letter: Wiser and more confusued
Suzanne Williams As a former keen walker and lover of the beautiful track and bay, I have been inte
Letter: More transparency is required
D Dawson I believe the Whakatane Beacon is being selective concerning freedom of speech and reporti
Opinion: Getting to know me, getting to know all about me
■ Women can’t stand it when a formerly coupled male becomes a contented, happy solo, writes Barry Ro
Opinion: Making end-of-life choices
■ An increasing number of choices are coming our way at the end-of-life, says co-chair Ngā Pou Heren
Letter: Small communities get raw deal
Elaine McGlinchey I feel sorry for the residents of Rūātoki. Radio 1XX reports the Whakatāne Distr
Letter: Grey Power hosts minister
Victor Luca on behalf of Whakatāne District Grey Power Grey Power is a nationwide association that