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 –
Letter: Worrying fall in immunisation
Alexander (Sandy) Milne I was surprised and disappointed to see that immunisation coverage in Easte
Opinion: The Pacific wants 1.5°C to stay alive: Aotearoa is walking the other way
■ Last week I sat in at the Friendship Hall in Honiara and listened to the Prime Minister of Solomon
Letter: Community-owned grid needs a fair future
Graeme Weston I support Horizon Networks. It’s ours – built and paid for by this community, and we
Opinion: Urgent need for stronger dog control policies
■Dog owner Kim Webby argues stronger dog control and better owner education are needed to help keep
Letter: Tax scare tactics don't work with me
Ruth Gerzon Thank you to Tim Senior for his erudite opinion piece, Rethinking tax – a call for fair
Letter: Unacceptable bastardising of names
RoselynnWaldman I am totally flabbergasted with the Beacon policy of identifying people’s names by
Opinion: Advocating for dignity: Ensuring quality care for our elders
■ It was so sad to read the Beacon story on Friday about frighteningly bad rest home care. Now that
Letter: Another perspective
Robin Barkla In recent times I have enjoyed reading Keith Melville’s letters in our local paper and
Letter: Shareholders' profits above all else
Suzanne Williams As I have had, in 2018, experience with Bupa’s treatment of the people in their ca
Letter: Downgrading our democracy
Jim Bennett Those MMP “mostly meaningless promises” which David Hick highlighted in his letter last
Opinion: The burden of new rules on vulnerable families
Raymond Stewart I am retired single man who is caring for his adult son who has a disability. My so
Letters: Have your say on rising electricity costs
Graeme Weston Line charges – the cost of the poles, wires and transformers that get electricity to
Letter: Out-of-town contractors
Kevin Knight I am writing to find out why we have an out-of-town arborist company doing a Whakatāne
Letter: Phoenix granted stay of execution
Peter and Robyn Askey We would like to make a correction to the article last week about the Genesis
Letter: Do your own thinking before you vote
Alexander (Sandy) Milne Our choice of a regional councillor affects all ratepayers in Whakatāne. We
Letter: Hikoi4Health returns to Whakatāne for public meeting
Belinda Whitworth In 2025, doctors Art Nahill and Glenn Colquhoun drove around the North Island, Ne
Letter: DEI lessons from the UK
Keith Melville Woke institutions, such as Whakatāne District Council, must have something to learn
Letter: Support shouldn’t equal misconduct
Amy Korenhof Toi Iti served our region for six years as a councillor and continues to do impactful
Letter: Hikoi4Health returns to Ōpōtiki
Belinda Whitworth In 2025, doctors Art Nahill and Glenn Colquhoun drove around the North Island, Ne