Indigenous methods of conflict resolution and conflict management in the South Pacific region are still widely used but are only sparsely covered in academic literature. This research seeks to understand and contribute to the knowledge surrounding post-conflict peacebuilding, in Solomon Islands specifically. There are strong systems of conflict resolution embedded in the traditional cultures of the country. These local systems of resolving conflict have been used widely in the various local communities but these local approaches were largely ignored by the international peacebuilding and statebuilding agencies when intervening in this post-conflict state.

This research seeks to explore the perceptions and beliefs of the Luqa people in Solomon Islands on approaches to peace and conflict resolution. Indigenous research methodologies were employed in a vavakato (conversational) form, along with thematic analysis and reflexivity on the part of the researcher to make sense of the knowledge gathered. The knowledge gathered in the community narratives seek to understand the phenomenon of conflict resolution in a Solomon Islands indigenous community.

The first main contribution of this thesis to the discourse of indigenous conflict ontology and epistemology is the stipulation of how the Luqa people address community conflict. The second contribution is the newly developed indigenous conflict resolution and maintenance of harmony theoretical framework – the Kame framework. The Kame framework can be respectfully utilised as a critical lens through which to analyse external mechanisms of peacebuilding from a local standpoint.