Journeying to the common good: exploring Indigenous Solomon Islands leadership through five moments

Indigenous leadership springs from, and is embedded in, the holism of an Indigenous society. It seeks sustainability as the common good in socially, culturally, cosmologically, geographically and temporally appropriate ways. In this chapter, we offer a storied exploration of Indigenous Solomon Islands leadership through five moments—an account of the labu (sacred island space); a rara'aba or calming of nerves meeting; intersections between kastom (customary) leadership and school leadership; attention to climate change; and a reflection. The strength of Indigenous Solomon Islands leadership is framed around community cohesion in pursuit of a sustainable future responds constructively to changing circumstances.