Tandai, Honiara

Tandai
Suburb
St. Maria Faus Tina Chapel Tandai. West of Honiara
Tandai Location in Honiara (Council boundary-red box)
Coordinates: 9°25′S 159°55′E / 9.417°S 159.917°E / -9.417; 159.917Coordinates: 9°25′S 159°55′E / 9.417°S 159.917°E / -9.417; 159.917
Country	Solomon Islands
Province	Honiara Town
Island	Guadalcanal
Elevation	20 - 100 m (−310 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	10,837[1]
Time zone	UTC (UTC+11)

Tandai is a suburb of Honiara located West of the main town center located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the main center on the Tandai Highway.^[2] Tandai is in the Honiara City Council ward of Nggosi.^[3]

Tandai is East of White River and West of Rove.

RAMSI

The former RAMSI HQ was located at Leilei, Tandai.

Land disputes

On Friday 26 June 2009, Solomon Islands Parliament passed a private member’s motion ^[4] calling on the government to address land management and administration issues in Honiara. The motion moved by Leader of the Official Independent Group, Hon Isaac Inoke Tosika, Member for West Honiara, sought to direct the government to urgently act to address the crisis in the management and administration of land in Honiara, including:

3. Providing resources and technical assistance to the Ministry of Lands to address land management issues such as:

• • the need to acquire and subdivide undeveloped Fixed Term Estates such as those in Tandai, West Honiara, and where appropriate make them available to citizens who have had long term residency on those lands;

Squatter settlements in the Tandai area were caused by people who had settled on government land under temporary occupancy leases were evicted after the land was then allocated to foreign companies.

Tandai Land owning tribes and the Honiara City Council have engaged in a boundary consultation process to address the illegal Honiara City Boundary expansion ^[5]

By the end of the twentieth century, much urban growth was taking place in Tandai, causing planning problems related to provision of services and related issues, and also issues of access to land. These land issues became even more central during the ethnic tension and resulted in the evacuation of some of these areas in this period, although in many cases, agreements had been reached with traditional land owners.The urban area of Tandai more than tripled over the decade with an annual growth rate of 12.8 percent,^[1]

Churches

• Bishop's Dale Church of Melanesia, the Anglican church was the site of election rallies in 2004^[6]
• Assembly of God Christian Life Center ^[7]

Was built in 1986 and is the AoG HQ for Honiara with an estimated 100 members.

Villages

• Lower Tasahe
• Rifle Range
• Tavioa Ridge

Tourism

• Tropicana Motel
• Tandai motel

Oxfam

The OXFAM building is located in Tandai and there are four strands to Oxfam’s work:^[8]

1. Gender justice

Oxfam works with a local NGO called the Family Support Centre (FSC) to address gender based violence, sexual abuse and child abuse. FSC offer emergency accommodation, legal and counseling services, run educational programs, maintain a resource library and raise awareness of GBV and women and children’s rights. They work closely with support agencies such as the police, as well as NGOs.

1. Capacity building

Oxfam strengthens FSC’s long term sustainability and organizational development.

1. Community engagement

Oxfam supports community members as facilitators to run workshops that look at social inclusion, gender stereotypes, violence triggers and alternative actions.

1. Advocacy

Oxfam encourages agencies including the government and the judiciary to work together to promote and ensure the safety of women.>

Utilities

The Tangai area is one of the lowest proportions of households with piped water ^[1] although efforts are underway to extend this supply ^[9]

Photos of Tandai
Bishops Dale church  Tandai Christian Life Center  Oxfam building in Tandai  Tandai Service Station

References

External links

• Tandai Highway Facebook Page
• Tandai Tourist Association Facebook page
• Tandai Facebook page
• Tandai Facebook page
• Tamlan Facebook page