The Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) has started promoting the ‘Hapi Isles’ in Australia and New Zealand. The SIVB Australia and New Zealand’s team attended the biggest travel EXPO in Sydney last week.
A high-level delegation comprising top government officials from Solomon Islands and New Zealand will travel to Lata, Temotu Province next week to officially reopen the Lata Fisheries Centre. The Centre has been renovated due to its natural wear and tear.
The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) has strongly deplored allegations by a New Zealand Journalist Michael Field who alleges that Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare had staged the ethnic crisis in 2000.
A 40-foot container of 48 beds and mattresses for the National Referral Hospital (NRH) has arrived in Honiara, thanks to New Zealand’s charitable organisation – ‘Take My Hands’.
An agreement has been signed by the Solomon Islands Sawn Timber Industry and New Zealand Imported Tropical Timber that signifies a step towards reducing illegal timber imports.
The Sailors from the New Zealand Offshore Patrol Vessel HMNZS Wellington which is currently in the country are participating in a number of civic activities at certain locations around Honiara.
The Solomon Islands sawn timber industry has hosted a delegation of the New Zealand timber industry in the country last week. The delegation includes all members of the New Zealand ImportedTropical Timber Group (NZ ITTG), including timber importers, retailers and conservationists such as Green…
The bilateral relations between Solomon Islands and New Zealand will continue to grow stronger, says Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in a recent media conference in Honiara.
Visiting members of the International Development Advisory Panel (IDASP), an independent group that provides advice to the New Zealand Foreign Minister on New Zealand’s Aid Programme have expressed their impression with the new Regional Eye Centre in Honiara.
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources’ Monitoring, Compliance and Surveillance Department has taken delivery of new sets of uniforms recently. A government statement today said the assistance was made possible by Pete Southern from the Ministry of Primary Industries in New Zealand which…
A two-days bilateral talk between Solomon Islands and New Zealand has ended successfully in Honiara today. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare met with New Zealand ForeignMinister Murray McCully and discussed important areas of development in which New Zealand has involved in the country.
A combined team of eye specialists from the Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand and the newly opened Regional Eye Centre in Honiara has told Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare that eye health service is one of the pillars of health care.
The Acting New Zealand High Commissioner, Mike Ketchen has said the newly opened Regional Eye Centre will have far reaching positive impacts. He said it will support the delivery of 1,900 sight-restoring surgeries in its first year, adding a further 11,000 people will be able to have their eyes…
About 150 Youth at Work members have met and spoke to the US NAVY and MARINES as part of their training on Friday last week. The youths are in Phase Eight of the Youth@Work Internship Program.
The New Zealand Under-23 team has beaten the national side two goals to nil this afternoon in Port Moresby as the Pacific Games begins. Winners of the tournament will gain qualification to next year’s Olympic Games. New Zealand scored their two goals in the first half of the match.
Chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Summit, Milner Tozaka says Foreign Affairs Ministers currently attending the 20th Melanesian Spearhead Group summit in Honiara are very confident that the meeting will have a positive outcome.
The Solomon Islands Solidarity Group for West Papua will stage a peaceful rally tomorrow to demonstrate its support towards West Papua’s application to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
A new eye centre to provide free eye care will open in Honiara mid next month. A collaboration between the governments of Solomon Islands and New Zealand, with eye care charity, Fred Hollows Foundation NZ, the centre will have a significant impact on avoidable blindness in the country.
The Solomon Islands and New Zealand Governments have begun consultations on their commitment to the development relationship between the two countries in Honiara.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has received a courtesy call from the Deputy Secretary, International Development Group of New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Jonathan King.
