{"id":418529,"date":"2021-12-05T00:02:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T00:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=67243"},"modified":"2021-12-05T00:02:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T00:02:50","slug":"more-nz-peacekeepers-arrive-to-help-defuse-tensions-in-solomon-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/12\/05\/more-nz-peacekeepers-arrive-to-help-defuse-tensions-in-solomon-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"More NZ peacekeepers arrive to help defuse tensions in Solomon Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/\"><em>RNZ Pacific<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest members of New Zealand&#8217;s Defence Force and police contingent have arrived in Honiara <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/456946\/solomons-faces-a-rapidly-worsening-humanitarian-crisis\">after days of unrest in the Solomon Islands capital.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are part of a regional peacekeeping force that also includes teams from Australia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji.<\/p>\n<p>Two flights landed in Honiara yesterday afternoon from \u014chakea and Auckland Air Force bases.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2021\/12\/03\/solomon-islands-police-arrest-217-riot-suspects-but-no-instigators-so-far\/\"><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong> Solomon Islands police arrest 217 riot suspects, but no \u2018instigators\u2019 so far<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?s=Honiara+riots\">Other Solomon Islands crisis reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They have been sent in response to a request for support from the Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force Boeing 757 and a Hercules transported Defence Force and police personnel, vehicles and other equipment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<figure style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/assets\/news\/282130\/eight_col_sol4edit.jpg?1638645966\" alt=\"NZ Defence Force troops arrive in Honiara to start peacekeeping duties \" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NZ Defence Force troops arrive in Honiara to start peacekeeping duties. Image: Elizabeth Osifelo\/RNZ Pacific<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>An advance party of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/457142\/eleven-nz-police-bound-for-tense-solomons-capital\">New Zealand Defence Force and police personnel arrived in Honiara on Thursday<\/a> &#8212; a week after violent rioting rocked the city for days leaving Chinatown and parts of eastern Honiara severely damaged.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta said the personnel would maintain peace rather than get involved in domestic politics.<\/p>\n<p>She said a looming vote of no-confidence in Sogavare could trigger more violence.<\/p>\n<p>The New Zealand deployment is expected to be in the Solomon Islands for up to a month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<figure style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/assets\/news_crops\/135093\/eight_col_sol1.jpg?1638645818\" alt=\"NZ police arrive in Honiara to help out after civil unrest \" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some members of the police are also part of the operation. Image: Elizabeth Osifelo\/RNZ Pacific<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2021\/12\/05\/more-nz-peacekeepers-arrive-to-help-defuse-tensions-in-solomons-islands\/\">Asia Pacific Report<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RNZ Pacific The latest members of New Zealand\u2019s Defence Force and police contingent have arrived in Honiara after days of unrest in the Solomon Islands capital. They are part of a regional peacekeeping force that also includes teams from Australia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Two flights landed in Honiara yesterday afternoon from \u014chakea and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":400,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38944,5,38892,38998,38925,31828,10,255,33866,39292,12,16896,13,14,2573,368,417,887],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424410,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418529\/revisions\/424410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}