Victor Luca, Whakatāne

Publish in The Beacon, 11-Aug-23 Examples of the different forms of money that have been used over time. If you use money but have never...

Victor Luca Published in The Beacon 21-Aug-22 Pyrolysis represents one environmentally-friendly way of dealing with end-of-life tires....

This post contains material relevant to the Matatā wastewater issue.

Mayor's Taskforce for Water

A catalogue of my Mayor Talk articles

The 2025 elections have come around quickly and I am asking the public to support me in my bid to continue as the Mayor. Prior to being...

These are expectations I set at the start of the development of our LTP24-34. They reflect what I was comfortably elected by the people of Whakatāne.

The virtues of nuclear fission are many. Cost is not one of them.

We don't think enough about our dependence on trucking and what might happen if don't get the diesel we need.

30 August 2022 , revised 6 February 2025 Health systems around the world can fall anywhere on a spectrum from what was once the totally...

This post contains a repository of all my Mayor Talk contributions to The Whakatāne Beacon. Download 2024 Contributions

Held in Whakatāne on Friday 20th of September 2024 I reiterate my welcome to the Bay of Plenty  and in particular to the Eastern Bay of...

Victor Luca 4-Oct-21 Dear Editor, Whilst on the campaign trail, I have heard many times, statements by certain candidates that the...

Victor Luca 15-Sep-22 The following questions and answers were printed in the Beacon of 23 September 2022. MAYORAL QUESTIONS 1. What is...

Dr Victor Luca, Scientist Published in the Beacon 28-Oct-20 The views I have expressed here are solely my own and do not express the...

Dr Victor Luca 25-Aug-22 There are two places in which to moor boats in the Whakatāne area. One of those places is the Whakatāne river...

Victor Luca Published in The Beacon, 29-Jun-22 The views I have expressed here are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions...

On the 28-Jun-21 after a meeting to put the final touches on our LTP, I warned council about serious underestimation of economic risks to...

Glaciers are on the retreat and permafrost is melting

Victor Luca, 24-Dec-21 Figure 1.(a) conventional single stage point-of-use bench-top water filter system, (b) under-bench system with...