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'''Rove''' is a suburb in [[Honiara]] located {{convert|2|km}} west of the main center on the Tandai Highway.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Geographic Information Unit,|title=HONIARA LOCATION GUIDE|date=June 2004|publisher=Department of Lands and Survey|pages=205|accessdate=19 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Hughes|first1=Bryn|last2=Hunt,|first2=Charles T.|last3=Curth-Bibb|first3=Jodie|title=Forging new conventional wisdom beyond international policing learning from complex, political realities|date=2013|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|location=Boston|isbn=978-90-04-24482-5|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pUAzAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA217|accessdate=19 April 2015}}</ref> Rove borders the Honiara City Council ward of Nggosi and Rove-Lengakiki.<ref name=HoniaraCityCouncilWards>{{cite web|last1=Honiara City Council|title=Ward Map|url=http://www.honiaracitycouncil.com/your-council/the-council/hcc-ward-map/|accessdate=19 April 2015}}</ref>
'''Rove''' is a suburb in [[Honiara]] located to the West of the main center.

Rove is East of [[Tanaghai]] and West of [[Town_Ground,_Honiara|Town Ground]].

==Rove Armory==
During the tension period the newly formed Malaita Eagle Force with the help of serving police officers, raided the Central armory at Rove on 5th June 2000 and then effected a coup and removed the Prime Minister. <ref>{{cite book|last1=James Rosenthal|title=Living Communion|publisher=Church Publishing, Inc.|isbn=978-0-89869-796-4|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=XWHqkmFdbxIC&pg=PA494|accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref>

==Rove prison==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX8sLnENnq0 Patrol at ROVE Correctional Centre]

==Rove Police Academy==
In 1958 the police depot had 3 gazetted officers, 4 inspectors, 4 sub-inspectors and 201 Constables with European officers stationed at Headquarters <ref>{{cite book|last1=Great Britain. Colonial Office|title=Annual Report on the British Solomon Islands|date=1953|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K-VaB7cg3wsC|accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref>

Renovation and refurbishment of existing Royal Solomon Islands Police Force buildings at Rove commenced in 2009. <ref>{{cite book|last1=Natalia Szablewska|first1=Sascha-Dominik Bachmann|title=Current Issues in Transitional Justice: Towards a More Holistic Approach|date=27 October 2014|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-09390-1|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3GoaBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA147|accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref>

==Culture==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gks62VwSqBs Nukuuruwara performing at Rove market]

==Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation==
The headquarters of SIBS is located at Rove<ref>{{cite web|last1=Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation|title=SIBC Headquarters Honiara|url=http://www.sibconline.com.sb/sibc-headquarters-honiara/|accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref>

A 2012 project to build the capacity of Solomon Islands media budgeted at US$14 300.00 aimed to strengthen the skills of media workers in all provinces of the countries in areas such as basic news writing, scripting for current affairs, or how to differentiate between news and non news.<ref>{{cite web|title=Building the capacity of Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation correspondents|url=http://www.unesco-ci.org/ipdcprojects/content/building-capacity-solomon-islands-broadcasting-corporation-correspondents|website=IPDC Projects database|accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref>

==Rove Markets==
Rove market is {{convert|5|km}} from Central Market and {{convert|5|km}} from the White River Market and subject to council closures. <ref>{{cite book|last1=Pollard|first1=Alice Aruhe'eta|title=Givers of wisdom, labourers without gain : essays on women in Solomon Islands|date=2000|publisher=Institute of Pacific Studies|location=Suva|isbn=978-982-02-0149-1|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8IoE-b-kJI4C&pg=PA67|accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref>

==Tourism==
* Mambo Juice, Tasahe Ave
* Tropicana Motel


==Botanical Gardens==
The Rove Botanical Gardens is located immediately behind the Rove Prison. Once a showpiece of Whitmore's collection and Geoff Dennis gardening the gardens deteriorated in the 1980's. Following a publication by C.P Henderson and I.R Hancock in 1988, a New Zealand volunteer David Glenny, Geoff Dennis and Myknee Qusa Sirikolo rehabilitated the collections in 1990.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bennett|first1=Judith A.|title=Pacific forest : a history of resource control and contest in the Solomon Islands, c.1800 - 1997|date=2000|publisher=Brill Academic [u.a.]|location=Leiden [u.a.]|isbn=90-04-11960-4|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ummoM3g_sI0C&pg=PA268|accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref>

==Sport==
The Rove field hosts the annual Inter-Ministry Soccer and Volleyball league consisting of 86 teams including the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services.<ref>{{cite web|last1=SIBC|title=INTER-MINISTRY TOURNEY KICK STARTS IN HONIARA TODAY|url=http://www.sibconline.com.sb/inter-ministry-tourney-kick-starts-in-honiara-today/|accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref>
* Lengakiki Warriors (Soccer club)

==Health clinic==
Honiara City has 8 General Health Clinics and only Kukum and Rove are opening during weekends and public holidays.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Honiara City Council|title=General Clinics|url=http://www.honiaracitycouncil.com/health-environment/hcc-clinics/general-clinics/|accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref>

The two clinics, Kukum and Rove, are upper clinics called "Area Health Clinics (AHC)"given more human and material resources by the government compared to other six clinics called "Urban Health Clinics (UHC)". AHC are expected to work as "gate keepers" before patients are referred to the central hospital in Honiara<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Kunimitsu|first1=Ayano|title=The accuracy of clinical malaria case reporting at primary health care facilities in Honiara, Solomon Islands|journal=Malaria Journal|date=2009|volume=8|issue=1|pages=80|doi=10.1186/1475-2875-8-80|url=http://www.malariajournal.com/content/8/1/8080|accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref>

==Schools==
* St. John's Community High School
* Rove boarding school<ref>{{cite news|title=A UNFPA Pacific humanitarian response in the Solomon Islands|url=http://countryoffice.unfpa.org/pacific/2014/04/23/9516/a_unfpa_pacific_humanitarian_response_in_the_solomon_islands/|accessdate=27 April 2015|date=24/04/2014}}</ref>
* Tamlan Primary School
* Bishop Epalle School

==Memorials==
'''''HMAS Canberra Memorial''''' In August 1942, the [[HMAS_Canberra_(D33)|HMAS Canberra]] was wrecked by torpedoes and gunfire during the [[Battle of Savo Island]]. The original memorial to HMAS Canberra in the Solomon Islands was located in the grounds of Vilu Private Museum and was destroyed a few years ago during tensions in the country. The memorial and plaque is now located at the Police Memorial Park, Honiara. In 2008 the Overseas Privately-Constructed Memorials Restoration Program provided funds to the HMAS Canberra/Shropshire Association to restore the memorial. <ref>{{cite web|title=HMAS Canberra Memorial|url=http://memorials.dva.gov.au/MemorialDetail.aspx?Id=114&asf=False|website=Australian Government Department of Veterans Affairs|accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref>

'''''Jacob C. Vouza Memorial''''' [[Jacob_C._Vouza|Sir Jacob C. Vouza]] (1900-1984) <ref>{{cite news|last1=Solomon Times online|title=Sir Jacob Vouza-Solomon Islands War Hero|url=http://www.solomontimes.com/news/sir-jacob-vouzasolomon-islands-war-hero/2643|accessdate=27 April 2015|date=22 September 2008}}</ref> was made an honorary Sergeant Major of the [[United States Marine Corps]] in 1941 for his services assisting the Marines during the [[Guadalcanal campaign]]. The memorial is located outside the Rove police HQ site.

==Notable people==


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rove/1582979418639219?ref=br_rs&rf=148469982018147 Rove Facebook Page]
* [https://www.facebook.com/SIBCOnline Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation Facebook page]
* [https://www.facebook.com/mambojuice Mambo Juice Facebook page]
* [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bishop-Epalle-Catholic-School/114778258561864 Bishop Epalle Facebook page]
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1385384795048166/ Tamlan School Facebook page]


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Revision as of 10:05, 26 April 2015

Rove
Suburb
Country Solomon Islands
ProvinceHoniara Town
IslandGuadalcanal
Elevation
29 - 100 m (−299 ft)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total2,613 [1]
Time zoneUTC+11 (UTC)

Rove is a suburb in Honiara located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the main center on the Tandai Highway.[2][3] Rove borders the Honiara City Council ward of Nggosi and Rove-Lengakiki.[4]

Rove is East of Tanaghai and West of Town Ground.

Rove Armory

During the tension period the newly formed Malaita Eagle Force with the help of serving police officers, raided the Central armory at Rove on 5th June 2000 and then effected a coup and removed the Prime Minister. [5]

Rove prison

Rove Police Academy

In 1958 the police depot had 3 gazetted officers, 4 inspectors, 4 sub-inspectors and 201 Constables with European officers stationed at Headquarters [6]

Renovation and refurbishment of existing Royal Solomon Islands Police Force buildings at Rove commenced in 2009. [7]

Culture

Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation

The headquarters of SIBS is located at Rove[8]

A 2012 project to build the capacity of Solomon Islands media budgeted at US$14 300.00 aimed to strengthen the skills of media workers in all provinces of the countries in areas such as basic news writing, scripting for current affairs, or how to differentiate between news and non news.[9]

Rove Markets

Rove market is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Central Market and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the White River Market and subject to council closures. [10]

Tourism

  • Mambo Juice, Tasahe Ave
  • Tropicana Motel


Botanical Gardens

The Rove Botanical Gardens is located immediately behind the Rove Prison. Once a showpiece of Whitmore's collection and Geoff Dennis gardening the gardens deteriorated in the 1980's. Following a publication by C.P Henderson and I.R Hancock in 1988, a New Zealand volunteer David Glenny, Geoff Dennis and Myknee Qusa Sirikolo rehabilitated the collections in 1990.[11]

Sport

The Rove field hosts the annual Inter-Ministry Soccer and Volleyball league consisting of 86 teams including the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services.[12]

  • Lengakiki Warriors (Soccer club)

Health clinic

Honiara City has 8 General Health Clinics and only Kukum and Rove are opening during weekends and public holidays.[13]

The two clinics, Kukum and Rove, are upper clinics called "Area Health Clinics (AHC)"given more human and material resources by the government compared to other six clinics called "Urban Health Clinics (UHC)". AHC are expected to work as "gate keepers" before patients are referred to the central hospital in Honiara[14]

Schools

  • St. John's Community High School
  • Rove boarding school[15]
  • Tamlan Primary School
  • Bishop Epalle School

Memorials

HMAS Canberra Memorial In August 1942, the HMAS Canberra was wrecked by torpedoes and gunfire during the Battle of Savo Island. The original memorial to HMAS Canberra in the Solomon Islands was located in the grounds of Vilu Private Museum and was destroyed a few years ago during tensions in the country. The memorial and plaque is now located at the Police Memorial Park, Honiara. In 2008 the Overseas Privately-Constructed Memorials Restoration Program provided funds to the HMAS Canberra/Shropshire Association to restore the memorial. [16]

Jacob C. Vouza Memorial Sir Jacob C. Vouza (1900-1984) [17] was made an honorary Sergeant Major of the United States Marine Corps in 1941 for his services assisting the Marines during the Guadalcanal campaign. The memorial is located outside the Rove police HQ site.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ 2009 2009 POPULATION & HOUSING CENSUS. "Report on Migration and Urbanisation". Retrieved 26 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Geographic Information Unit, (June 2004). HONIARA LOCATION GUIDE. Department of Lands and Survey. p. 205. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ^ Hughes, Bryn; Hunt,, Charles T.; Curth-Bibb, Jodie (2013). Forging new conventional wisdom beyond international policing learning from complex, political realities. Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-24482-5. Retrieved 19 April 2015.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  4. ^ Honiara City Council. "Ward Map". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. ^ James Rosenthal. Living Communion. Church Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89869-796-4. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. ^ Great Britain. Colonial Office (1953). Annual Report on the British Solomon Islands. H.M. Stationery Office. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  7. ^ Natalia Szablewska, Sascha-Dominik Bachmann (27 October 2014). Current Issues in Transitional Justice: Towards a More Holistic Approach. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-09390-1. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  8. ^ Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation. "SIBC Headquarters Honiara". Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Building the capacity of Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation correspondents". IPDC Projects database. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  10. ^ Pollard, Alice Aruhe'eta (2000). Givers of wisdom, labourers without gain : essays on women in Solomon Islands. Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies. ISBN 978-982-02-0149-1. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  11. ^ Bennett, Judith A. (2000). Pacific forest : a history of resource control and contest in the Solomon Islands, c.1800 - 1997. Leiden [u.a.]: Brill Academic [u.a.] ISBN 90-04-11960-4. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  12. ^ SIBC. "INTER-MINISTRY TOURNEY KICK STARTS IN HONIARA TODAY". Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  13. ^ Honiara City Council. "General Clinics". Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  14. ^ Kunimitsu, Ayano (2009). "The accuracy of clinical malaria case reporting at primary health care facilities in Honiara, Solomon Islands". Malaria Journal. 8 (1): 80. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-80. Retrieved 27 April 2015.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  15. ^ "A UNFPA Pacific humanitarian response in the Solomon Islands". 24/04/2014. Retrieved 27 April 2015. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ "HMAS Canberra Memorial". Australian Government Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  17. ^ Solomon Times online (22 September 2008). "Sir Jacob Vouza-Solomon Islands War Hero". Retrieved 27 April 2015.

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