The regional assistance mission to Solomon Islands has handed over the keys to a new multi-million dollar fire and rescue station in the capital, Honiara.
Photo: RNZI Koroi Hawkins
RAMSI said the new station marked the last major step in ensuring the police would be fully equipped when the Australian-led mission leaves the country in July.
The central Honiara station will be the headquarters for police, firefighters, first and emergency responders, and it also includes a training centre.
RAMSI's special co-ordinator Quinton Devlin said when the mission arrived in 2003 the fire service was in tatters, and with training from Australian firefighters, the service had been completely rebuilt.