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Articles by Ruta Tangiiau 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.
Ruta Mave: ‘This is a joke not justice’
Monday 23 September 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
Back in the day when discipline meant something and if you were disobedient, cruel or lying you were punished with the use of physical force like the wooden spoon, hair brush, or Dad’s belt or hand so that you would remember it and choose not to do it again – or else, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: ‘You can only help those who want to help themselves’
Monday 16 September 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it is yours. If it doesn’t come back, it never was. The narcissist version is if it comes back, it is yours, if it doesn’t then go out and hunt it down because if you can’t have it then no one else can either, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: When kindness becomes a responsibility
Monday 9 September 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Charity should begin at home but often the poor ones give the most help, and the rich ones use it as an election campaign, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: Redefining Father’s Day and celebrating the true heroes
Monday 2 September 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Did you know Father’s Day is September which is nine months before Mother’s Day in May. That pretty much speaks for itself, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: The reality of leadership in the Cook Islands
Monday 26 August 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Snoop Dogg is a popular hip-hop rapper named after Snoopy from the peanut’s cartoons. He is a successful cannabis businessman and now the grand-daddy of the recent Paris Olympics.
Ruta Mave: Who are we, what are we and are we for real?
Monday 19 August 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
The Cook Islands is the diamond of the Pacific, shining brightly. A diamond is forged from the ashes of fire and immense pressure and as we stand before the funding nations of the world begging for more of their funding - because we say without it, we cannot survive, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: The reality of women’s leadership in the Cook Islands
Monday 12 August 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
We have come a long way from a women’s place being barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: A costly leak in government trust
Tuesday 6 August 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Government’s inadequacy to collect and store water is costing shareholders millions in lost returns, but these costs are now being passed on to them as water tax. Are we paying for infrastructure or directors $100,000 plus salaries? Ruta Mave writes.
Ruta Mave: Can you trust your government?
Monday 22 July 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Constant lying by governments is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. When the people can no longer distinguish between truth and a lie they then cannot distinguish between right and wrong. With such people, you can do whatever you want. It is how you sell it – ‘Water will be Free.’
Ruta Mave: Water tariff public consultations a tick-box exercise?
Monday 15 July 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
The Rarotongan public has short memories because they are once again attending these meetings as with other government led consultations with a false expectation of being listened to, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: ‘When we don’t receive, we feel deceived’
Monday 8 July 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
We believe that after they are voted in, we will receive. When we don’t receive, we feel deceived, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: Power outages: Where are the experts?
Monday 1 July 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Did TAU (Te Aponga Uira) have to wait until the expert caught a plane to Rarotonga to assess the situation? Ruta Mave writes.
Preserving culture: Finding the balance between tradition and progress
Monday 24 June 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
Where does culture start? When does the culture of our bygone days or our more recent culture be decided as to what matters now? The discussion on this topic arose with regards to female carvers in Hawaii at the festival held to celebrate all our Pacific cultures together, writes Ruta Mave.