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Articles by Ruta Tangiiau Mave
Ruta Mave: PM’s ‘cat and mouse’ games fuel public anger
Monday 17 February 2025 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
People complained of New Zealand being over patriarchal regarding the latest passport and China visit. Yet no one sees the same behaviour from our Prime Minister, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: People's Republic of China red flag
Monday 10 February 2025 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
In 2013 my uncle showed me where the Chinese government had built the police and justice buildings for free along with the indoor and outdoor stadium. Ruta Mave writes.
Ruta Mave: Our children need protection
Monday 3 February 2025 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Enough is enough. As an adult if you have never confided to anyone what you suffered as a child – it is time, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: It must end today
Monday 27 January 2025 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Fairytales tell our children to fear the wicked stepmother. Reality says they should fear the stepfather, uncles, grandfathers and friends of the family. Not all men are rapists and paedophile’s but most rapists and paedophiles are men. It must end today, with the women, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: Christians are human, but not all humans are Christians
Monday 20 January 2025 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
The reality of hypocrisy here is so large, we have become fat, lazy and entitled on the backs of non-Christian hand-outs that have enshrined us in dependency, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: American drama of the wild wildfires
Monday 13 January 2025 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the world and home to many of the celebrity elite, is currently starring in an unfolding American drama of the wild wildfires of the west, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: Passport proposal- A dangerous game of independence or a distraction?
Monday 6 January 2025 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
I do not know about you but I am asking myself what is going on? Is Prime Minister Mark Brown’s family being held hostage? Does he have a gun against his head? Why else would he persist against mounting public pressure to push for a passport for the Cook Islands? Ruta Mave writes.
Ruta Mave: Passport plan leaves Cook Islands vulnerable and isolated
Monday 30 December 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
Prime Minister Mark Brown’s passport proposal presents as more personal than from the people. He sounds like a spoilt teenager who has graduated from his ‘L’ plate to a full driver’s licence, declaring to his parents that he is all grown up now, and wants to be independent, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: A call for peace and justice this Christmas
Monday 23 December 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
It is the eve of Christmas eve, where shopping for last minute Santa presents, food and drinks intensity is creeping to stratospheric proportions, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: The ‘hypocrisy’ of a Christian state
Monday 16 December 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
Hypocrisy is alive and well in the unofficial Christian state of Crook Islands, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: White ribbon day is now
Monday 9 December 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Anger is a sign of guilt. If you ask your partner if they are cheating on you and they explode in anger yelling, accusations and blaming you as having a problem without a definite reply, it’s often because they are guilty, writes Ruth Mave.
Ruta Mave: The fading virtue of loyalty
Monday 2 December 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
As I sit down to write this column, I ask myself what is loyalty? What does it really mean to people and do we have any anymore? Ruta Mave writes.
Ruta Mave: Questioning the legality of another’s belief
Monday 25 November 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Everyone just wants to live a life of mundane tasks and group socialisation. They want to wake up and interact with family and pets. Go to work or school, complete tasks of growth challenge or wage earning, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: Modern pentathlon, a way to add a cross training aspect
Monday 18 November 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Salam Alaykum which means peace be upon you all the way from Saudia Arabia. After 35 hours of flights travel and transit times I made it to my destination of Riyadh the site of the original capital city of the first state of Saudia Arabia over three hundred years ago, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: A mixture of mad, sad and glad
Monday 11 November 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Red White and Blue Americans have voted and there was a mixture of mad sad and glad reactions within and outside of the ‘land of the free’ - unless you are an immigrant, coloured or pregnant or so it appears from the outside looking in.
Ruta Mave: Call for proper caring for elderly
Tuesday 29 October 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Will anyone address the elephant in the room? asks columnist Ruth Mave. And will government tax pensioners again? Mave writes.
Ruta Mave: Proposed Cook Islands passport and water woes
Monday 21 October 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
My nana used to say people got a brown arm from their elbow down from s#*t stirring, and dangerous expert ones were brown up to their armpits, Ruta Mave writes.
Ruta Mave: ‘Silent steal’ is eating our country alive
Monday 14 October 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Pink collar crime is small bills, big fraud. The silent steal, and it is eating our country alive, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: The dangers of unchecked power in leadership
Monday 7 October 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
If you visited a number of businesses around the world and asked who is the biggest jerk in the company? Most will point to a manager, minister, supervisor or head chef.
Ruta Mave: The importance of prioritising your peace in relationships and careers
Monday 30 September 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
There comes a point in life where you realise that some things, some people and some situations are no longer worth your time energy and emotional investment. That is when you are done. Not mad, not bothered, just done. I am done. Protect your peace at all costs, writes Ruta Mave.