David Kneebone I recently was booked on a flight with Air Chathams, flying Whakatāne to Auckland .
Alexander (Sandy) Milne SOME months ago, the Beacon ran a letter and photograph from me about a Wor
Victor Luca IN his opinion piece in Wednesday’s Beacon, Steve Chapman expressed strong views about
Jack Karetai-Barrett THE Whakatāne Sunday Market is a free, weekly community event. It’s a great pl
L M Law READING opinion pieces I find it interesting hearing other people’s views, but can get trig
Suzanne Williams I AM responding to Vern Scheffer’s letter on the lovely roundabouts. The staff cer
Dave Stewart Piripai I NEVER learned much at school, but I did learn there are always two sides to
* Kim Webby takes a closer look at Ōpōtiki gangs in her latest documentary GANGS. Bet that got
A word from Mayor David Moore IT has been nice this month to enjoy the longer sunlight hours and wa
WELL, well, well, there you have it folks. With one stroke of the pen, Shane Jones, you just bypasse
BUSINESSES are closing, zombie towns have been mentioned in the media again – and Shane Jones’ says
Suzette Meroiti AS a financial member of the Whakaāne RSA, I attended the special meeting last week
Dr Nick Smith Mayor of Nelson YOUR report with the headline “Challenging Councils Tour” on Friday,
Suzanne Williams MANNERS: “Social conduct”, according to my dictionary. As I understand it: court
Kevin McComb I AM writing in response to the article in last Friday’s Beacon written by Sandy Milne
Ian McDonald Matatā I SEE that Mark Quinn has surfaced in this and other communities around the cou
Stephen Searle RETURNING home from holidays, I sat down and proceeded to read my stash of Beacons.
– Alexander (Sandy) Milne I RESPOND to two contributors to Wednesday’s Beacon letters columns, the
– Suzanne Williams TO one who does not “do Facebook”, the Beacon letters and opinions are a great s
– Mawera Karetai ON Saturday at 2am, our Whakatāne High School MTB team returned from the New Zeala
FOR more than half a century, scientists have been signalling the dangers of human-induced climate c
* We can enjoy a future based on globally equitable access to resources - if we have the will to do
Albie H I FIND it unbelievable that someone can rack up $11,000 in court fines and is still walking
John Bluett BACK in 1968, after my first deployment to Vietnam with Whiskey Company/RNZIR, I joined