Tangimoana Station
The Tangimoana Station is a radio communications interception facility run by the New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau. It is located 30 kilometres west of Palmerston North.[1][2]
Function
[edit | edit source]The Station was opened in 1982, replacing an earlier facility at Irirangi, near Waiouru. According to the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), the facility is part of ECHELON, the worldwide network of signals interception facilities, run by the UKUSA (UK-USA Security Agreement) consortium of intelligence agencies (which shares global electronic and signals intelligence among the Intelligence agencies of the US, UK, Canada, Australia and NZ). Its role in this capacity was first identified publicly by peace researcher Owen Wilkes in 1984,[3] and investigated in detail by peace activist and independent journalist Nicky Hager.[4] The equipment at the Tangimoana facility "is equally capable of receiving signals transmitted by radio and satellite which do not include foreign intelligence and which are domestic concerning and involving NZ citizens."[5] The facility cost about NZ$1.4 million.
The history of the site was restricted for 100 years, but a copy of the document was accidentally sent to Archives New Zealand.[6]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Waihopai Station
- New Zealand intelligence agencies
- New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
- Anti-Bases Campaign
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References
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- ^ Secret Power - Press and Praise
- ^ Chapter Two: Hooked up to the spy network: The UKUSA system
- ^ Government Communications Security Bureau [GCSB] New Zealand - Intelligence Agencies
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Hager, Nicky (1996). Secret Power: New Zealand's Role in the International Spy Network. Nelson, NZ: Craig Potton Publishing. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..