Tandai, Honiara Tandai, Honiara Tandai is a suburb of Honiara located West of the main town center located west of the main center on the Tandai Highway. Tandai is in the Honiara City Council ward of Nggosi. Tandai is East of White River and West of Rove. The former RAMSI HQ was located at Leilei, Tandai. On Friday 26 June 2009, Solomon Islands Parliament passed a private member’s motion 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
Honiara in Nomasu Nakaguma's infantry battalions as they tried to approach the Marine lines. Both sides incurred heavy losses during the events of the overall battle, especially the Japanese attackers. After an attempt to deliver further reinforcements failed during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942, Japan conceded defeat in the struggle for the island and evacuated many of its remaining forces by the first week of February 1943. The Quonset hut built by the Americans can still be seen in the back lanes of the town and numerous memorials give testament to the war. Honiara officially became the capital