Letter: Kainga Māori a fantastic concept
Jill Needham JP Huge congratulations to Te Tohu o Te Ora o Ngāti Awa and in particular to Enid Rata
Letter: Proud mum
Mawera Karetai As many Beacon readers will know, my son, Jack Karetai-Barrett, has been writing a m
Letter: Time to sharpen your pencils
Warwick Armstrong nyone who is building or doing any major repairs should get at least three prices
Your 2025-26 rates rise is coming
Philip Jacobs During the Whakatāne District Council’s 2025-26 Annual Plan development (not yet fina
Letter: Zoom attendance at conference
Nandor Tanczos Sandy Milne and Suzanne Williams have criticised me and other councillors for not at
Letter: New Zealand is a land of mixed cultures
D Dawson In reply to I Stuart’s opinion (Beacon, March 19) “It is about culture, not about ethnicit
Letter: Everyone should benefit
Alexander (Sandy) Milne We must thank Beacon reporter Diane McCarthy for her article in last Friday
Queries given the flick
Mike Fletcher Council meetings are supposed to be forums for debate. Councillors’ questions and op
Prostate cancer screening and inequities in health outcomes
Kim Webby The stark facts are that Māori men are more likely to die from prostate cancer than non-M
Letter: No wish to "lord it" over others
Alexander (Sandy) Milne It was a pleasure to see the name of former Beacon reporter Keith Melville
Letter: Where is the empathy
Keith Melville I enjoyed the letters last Friday on our council adopting a DEI (diversity, equity a
Letter: Rates increase
P J Busby Every year the Government increases our superannuation by the cost of living or by inflat
Letter: Smoke and mirrors and cuts, cuts, cuts
Chris Mulcahy The issues for Whakatāne Hospital sit within a national picture. The recent PSA surve
Letter: How times have changed
Dave Stewart It was good to read the report on Whakatāne District Council’s processes and adoption
Letter: Praise for new policy
Ruth Gerzon, MNZM I worry about the rates rises and hope these are as low as possible in these stra
Letter: Beware Government overreach in health
Alexander (Sandy) Milne I am an active health worker in Whakatāne, and an avid reader of Beacon let
Letter: Living wage is vital
Lynore Craig I am writing to express my dismay at this Government’s plan to remove the living wage
Letter: Not all landlords are driven by greed
Keith Melville Sandy Milne's claim (Beacon letters, March 19) that greed rules the rental market, s
Bring back the right to repair and make obsolescence obsolete
* Repair cafes are thriving throughout the country, thanks to the Repair Network Aotearoa. Ōpōtiki’s
Opinion: It is about culture, not about ethnicity
I Stuart D Dawson’s letter of Beacon, March 12 (Special treatment and practising separatism) is a m
Letter: Greed rules in rental market
Sandy (Sandor) Milne Early risers on Tuesday morning who tuned into Radio New Zealand would have he
Letters: Appalling
Vivian Young National cut tax rates of the wealthy and wages of the lowest paid workers. Sounds lik
Letter: Being burnt by meat pie not a new phenomenon
John Capener It may surprise Matt Bullen, (Coalition doing great job, Beacon letters, March 14) a
Letter: Kokako volunteers doing great work
Suzanne Williams Thank you, once again, Beacon, for last Wednesday’s interesting issue. It was suc