Anti-Bases Campaign
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Anti-Bases Campaign is an organisation campaigning to remove foreign military bases and intelligence installations from New Zealand
, and to dismantle the Government Communications Security Bureau
.
The group has organised regular protests at the Government Communications Security Bureau base
in the Waihopai valley.
They have published the Peace Researcher (ISSN 1173-2679) since its inception in 1983.
The group was founded by Owen Wilkes. According to the New Zealand Herald, "Claims by Wilkes in the early 1980s that the communications centre at Tangimoana
in the lower North Island was actually an electronic spy station and part of an American worldwide network were immediately denied by the Government. Activists to this day are calling for the closure of Tangimoana and Waihopai base
near Blenheim
, another suspected spy base". "
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, and to dismantle the Government Communications Security Bureau
Government Communications Security Bureau
The Government Communications Security Bureau is an intelligence agency of the New Zealand government.The mission statement is given as:To contribute to the national security of New Zealand through:...
.
The group has organised regular protests at the Government Communications Security Bureau base
GCSB Waihopai
New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau operates what it describes as a satellite communications monitoring facility in the Waihopai Valley...
in the Waihopai valley.
They have published the Peace Researcher (ISSN 1173-2679) since its inception in 1983.
The group was founded by Owen Wilkes. According to the New Zealand Herald, "Claims by Wilkes in the early 1980s that the communications centre at Tangimoana
GCSB Tangimoana
The New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau operates what it describes as a radio communications interception facility at Tangimoana, 30 kilometres west of Palmerston North, in New Zealand....
in the lower North Island was actually an electronic spy station and part of an American worldwide network were immediately denied by the Government. Activists to this day are calling for the closure of Tangimoana and Waihopai base
GCSB Waihopai
New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau operates what it describes as a satellite communications monitoring facility in the Waihopai Valley...
near Blenheim
Blenheim, New Zealand
Blenheim is the most populous town in the region of Marlborough, in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the regional council. It has a population of The area which surrounds the town is well known as a centre of New Zealand's wine industry...
, another suspected spy base". "