Opinion: Obstetrics and gynaecology specialist care continues to grow at Whakatāne Hospital
■The return of secondary obstetric and gynaecology services to the Eastern Bay has been strengthened
Letter: Tāneatua - the case for some TLC
Keith Melville Has anyone given much thought to the opportunities lost, social and economic, by Wha
Letter: New Awakeri village needs a rethink
Trevor Good In support of the John Howard letter in Friday’s Beacon. I agree with his comments reg
Letter: Flowering memory
Trudi and Bruno Wellauer This year, in August, we lost our dear friend Brian Ritchie. One month lat
Letter: No to giant kiwi
Stephanie Hunt In my opinion, the proposal to erect a ginormous Kiwi in our town is laughable. We
Opinion: When the news arrived on two wheels
■ As a teenager in Whakatāne in the 1960s, one of my first responsibilities was delivering newspaper
Letter: Labour's tax break controversy explained
Keith Melville My recent Beacon opinion piece about Labour’s flip-flop on the so-called landlord ta
Opinion: Cost-of-living impacts the elderly
■ There was no need to be a clairvoyant to figure out that the Hamas breakout from Gaza on October 7
Letter: Man-made climate change disaster
John Howard In response to the Awakeri flood design proofed for climate change (Beacon, September 2
Opinion: The pulse of the nation
■ When the prime minister recently suggested a referendum on MMP, politicians from all sides quickly
Letter: Campaign resumes
Alexander (Sandy) Milne I am resuming my campaign to achieve a reversal of the privatisation of cli
Opinion: Different boxes, same booth
■ We may tick different boxes at the ballot box, but Jamie Vunivesilevu says we can still choose kin
Letters: Voters had more common sense
Sandy Milne I hope the seven Whakatāne district councillors who put their names to the advertorials
Letters: Doing the right thing
Rob Probst Response to Keith Melville’s Tax flip-flop exposed (Beacon letters September 25) Keith
Letter: National Party's confounding fli-flop
John Capener The bane of those of us who make regular contributions to the letters to the editor co
Letter: Landlords: Profiting without accountability
Dave Stewart Wasn’t Friday predictable? The sun rose, Simeon Browne misrepresented a tax poll, and
Opinion: You are allowed to become someone new
■ I have been thinking about something lately. We all have troubles in life. Families can be complic
Opinion: Rethinking health
■ Susanne Whale and Belinda Whitworth provide a recap on the recent return visit of Hikoi 4 Health f
Opinion: Please leave our urupā in peace
■ An open letter to the Whakatāne community ■ Tēnā koutou katoa. We, the trustees and kaitiaki of Ō
Letters: AI rampant with scams
Suzanne Williams I consider myself fairly cautious when it comes to modern forms of communication,
Letter: Tax flip-flop exposed
Keith Melville Labour’s decision to retain what it has repeatedly called the Government’s tax break
Letter: Rest home breach
Bev Palmer Price What a shocking story, but we are not surprised. The need for a modern-style reti
Letter: Silencing voices: A hypocrisy exposed
Dave Stewart The February 3, 2023, Beacon published a letter I wrote about a letter on the topic of
Letter: Reflecting on the flaws of the past
John Capener Before anyone gets too down on DEI, perhaps they should reflect on the good old days –