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New Zealand soldiers and Solomon Islanders

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New Zealand soldiers and Solomon Islanders

New Zealand was part of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) from 2003 to 2017. These New Zealand soldiers are being escorted to a social function at the Burns Creek community in East Honiara.

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Jim Rolfe, Armed forces – Partnerships and international deployments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/35734/new-zealand-soldiers-and-solomon-islanders (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jim Rolfe, published 3 May 2012, updated 1 April 2020.