White River, Honiara White River, Honiara White River is a suburb on the fringe of Honiara, Solomon Islands and is located west of the main center on the Tandai Highway. White River is in the Honiara City Council ward of Nggosi. A water spring supplies water to the community. White River is East of Kakabona and West of Tandai. In 1966, the main coastal road out of Honiara west of Rove Creek as far as Poha River was named Tadai which connected the Mendana Avenue through Honiara and after Mataniko River to Prince Philip Highway. According to a 2009 study 23% of the
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