The Western Pacific Archives, although located in Fiji, was a department of the Solomon Islands Government, jointly administered by the Deputy Governor and the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs. It was established in 1971 to take over control of the archives of British regional administration (the Western Pacific High Commission) and of local territorial administration (Resident Commissioners' and District Commissioners' Offices in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, Gilbert and Ellice Crown Colony and the New Hebrides Condominium).

These are the National Archives of Vanuatu's copies (copy No.3) of the WPA's lists of the New Hebrides British Service (NHBS) archives, consisting of Lists Nos. NHBS 1/I Vols 2 & 3, and 1/II, 2-7, 9-16, 18 & 19 (of a total of 19 NHBS lists), together with List Nos. WPHC 2 & 31 of High Commission material relating to the New Hebrides, an unnumbered list of correspondence of the British Agent in North Santo and a list, the Vila Archives, of manuscripts and other documents relating to Vanuatu collected by the WPA. The NHBS and WPHC archives were transferred from Suva to the UK in 1978 and are still held by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1998). The Vila Archives are held in the National Archives of Vanuatu. <P><B>See reel list for further details</B>