Waihopai Protest 2023
WAIHOPAI SPY BASE PROTEST
- SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18
The day starts at
WESLEY CENTRE, 3 Henry Street, central Blenheim
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
THE CHANGING FACE OF SPYING
This will be a participatory discussion (as opposed
to simply listening to experts), with resource people (Green MP
Teanau Tuiono, Rocket Lab Monitor's Sonya Smith, Waihopai
Domebuster Adi Leason and Anti-Bases Campaign's Warren
Thomson).
A simple lunch will be provided. If you're
coming to the meeting, please RSVP to
abc@chch.planet.org.nz by Wednesday February 15 for catering
purposes. There will be a koha collection for lunch & costs in
general.
After that finishes, we
will go out to the spy base, Waihopai Valley Road, for a protest at 4 p.m.
Since our last protest (2021) the look of the spy
base has drastically changed, with the 2022 removal of the two giant
domes and the satellite dishes they concealed.
They were
officially deemed obsolete.
But although
the domes have gone, Waihopai is still a spy base, albeit a less
conspicuous one, and the spying by the Government Communications
Security Bureau (GCSB) goes on
Our campaign
has always been to call for the closure of the base.
We started
the campaign in 1988, when Waihopai was an empty paddock yet to be
built on.
The spying
goes on, so ABC's campaign goes on.
Join us at Waihopai/Blenheim on Saturday February 18.
Media coverage February 17 - Protesters say spying 'goes on' at Waihopai Station
Secretary/Organiser
Anti-Bases Campaign