Letter: Surely our kiwi deserve better than this?
Duncan Smith Whakatāne has something extraordinarily special on its doorstep. Within the native re
Letter: Best public art not necessarily the prettiest
Jonathan Kay The proposed large steel kiwi sculpture for Whakatāne has been described in some quart
Letter: Better site for kiwi
Jan Ruijne I agree with Stephanie Hunt (Beacon, October 7). The 20ft sculpture planned on the corn
Letter: Experience versus expertise
David Hick Well said, Keith Melville, in Wednesday’s Beacon regarding not abandoning Tāneatua. At
Letter: Plan reduces farming potential
Alan Ernest I think John Howard, “Man-made climate change disaster, Beacon letters, october 2, rais
Letter: Returning to the trade
Philip Jacobs I must say I enjoyed David Hick reminiscing in Wednesday’s Beacon about his time as a
Opinion: Joy and light this Halloween
■ As Halloween approaches, Jess Suisted says she will be celebrating love, light and hope with her c
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