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
Letter: Obvious error delays licence
Carl Watson My dear wife recently successfully passed her medical and vision test for renewing her
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