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Articles by Ruta Tangiiau Mave
Ruth Mave: We do have the freedom of speech and ability to vote
Monday 16 October 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Big changes don’t just happen by large referendums. Large changes occur by the accumulation of small actions, attitudes and voices. The voice has started.
RUTA MAVE: Cook Islands should invest in agriculture, not marijuana and seabed mining
Monday 9 October 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
If the question is “What are the Crook Islands good for?”, the shameful answer is that they are good at begging for money, but shameful at giving it to help others, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruth Mave: Take every opportunity, who knows where it will lead
Monday 2 October 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Wood Allen said 80 per cent of success is turning up.
Ruta Mave: Reduce stress: Lower your expectations
Monday 25 September 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
One way I find to reduce stress levels is to reduce my levels of expectation. For the most part people don’t know or see the difference between very good and perfection in the production of goods and services, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: ‘You are who you associate with’
Monday 18 September 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Step right up, step right up ladies and gentleman, welcome to the greatest show on earth. The circus is here where everything is an illusion and people are notably con-artists turning tricks looking for the next score. Welcome to our government.
Ruta Mave: The sun has set and the day has started with the sun rise
Monday 11 September 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
She came to us from Esther Honey. A white long haired fluffy puppy with a toffee brown patch on her floppy ears. We called her Roxy, Aunty called her Rosie Rocky Richie or Racey - like mothers do when they are trying to remember which child until they hit the right name – Roxy.
Ruth Mave: It’s a Tupperware party
Monday 4 September 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
We are now opting to live a life of hand outs with no drive or inclination to give ourselves a hand up. We win the beggars award because we have so many hands out to so many countries
Ruta Mave: Be real, be authentic, be transparent
Monday 28 August 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
They can debate climate change and how everyone else in the world needs to tighten their carbon emission belts while sitting smugly in new electric cars, that ticks some sustainability box.
RUTA MAVE: Our creatives deserve better
Monday 14 August 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
If people paid thousands for a church rebuild, they would never see, they would equally pay to see their culture captured on film, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: Rarotonga roosters: ‘Proud by day loud by night’
Monday 31 July 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Roosters are bold and beautiful during the day, strutting around in their fancy plumage of sun kissed orange, yellow sandy creams, rich emerald greens and poignant dark ebony. Proud by day loud by night, what is the point of them? Ruta Mave explains.
Ruta Mave: A balancing act of diversity and protection
Monday 24 July 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
As immigration works to diversify, protect and control the number of workers into our country and culture, the parallels to the myna bird are many, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruth Mave: Keeping an eye in the sky
Monday 17 July 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
A long time ago sky father Ranginui and earth mother Papatuanuku were bound so closely to each other their children lived between them in darkness.
Ruth Mave: The power of any message lies in the singer, not the song
Monday 10 July 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Hallelujah is a song originally penned and sung by Leonard Cohen that has been sung by many singers where some elevate the song greater than others, writes Ruth Mave.
Ruta Mave: ‘We are privileged, we have first world problems’
Monday 3 July 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
As Rose lay huddling on the floating door, Jack clung to the side of it while his body was immersed in the freezing waters after the Titanic had hit the iceberg.
Ruta Mave: Whistleblowers versus the people in power
Monday 26 June 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
The power of people in power to intimidate is not absent from our little community, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: Standing up for what is right
Monday 19 June 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
The absence of courage in our society these days is not cowardice, it is complacency, conformity and contradiction, writes Ruta Mave.
Waiting in a queue is a test of patience
Monday 12 June 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
If a queue is when you wait in line behind another then the very word is a ‘Q’ with a whole bunch of letters behind it that are basically either irrelevant or silent, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: ‘Simply the Best’: Tina Turner changed rugby league forever
Monday 29 May 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
The death of Tina Turner had fans all over the world grieving including male Australian league players and fans who to this day hold her song ‘Simply the Best’ as their anthem to the beautiful game, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: Open and honest transparency in sport and government
Monday 22 May 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Knowing corruption happens and saying nothing, means you accept it and allow them to be voted in again, writes Ruta Mave.
Ruta Mave: Cherish your mother, she created you
Monday 15 May 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Motherhood is not easy, if it were, then fathers would do it, writes Ruta Mave.
