spy base Archive

  • Keith Locke

    Wikileaks gives impetus to Waihopai protest - by Keith Locke



    It was good to be part of the protest outside the Waihopai spybase on Saturday. It is a bit out of the way, so the numbers involved are never that large, but they do represent the concern of many New Zealanders that the presence of the base compromises the independence of New Zealand’s foreign policy. [...] read more
    January 25, 2011 8:54 am - 15 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Is Waihopai helping the US spy on the UN? - by Keith Locke



    The latest Wikileaks documents on US spying on the UN are going to make it harder for our government to justify the Waihopai spy station. Waihopai’s main task is to intercept global communications for the US National Security Agency (NSA). The Wikileaks documents inform us that the US has been blatantly violating international conventions with [...] read more
    November 29, 2010 11:16 am - 38 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Removing ‘claim of right’ dangerous - by Keith Locke



    The government is a poor loser. It didn’t bother to appeal after it lost the ‘intentional damage’ case against the three men who pricked a dome at the Waihopai spybase. But it hasn’t let the matter rest. Last month it laid a $1 million damages claim against the men. To add insult to injury, Justice [...] read more
    November 4, 2010 2:36 pm - 19 Comments
  • frog

    You must be the change you want to see in the world - by frog



    Yesterday’s action by the Ploughshares Christian activists brings civil disobedience to the public consciousness again. Civil disobedience and non violent resistance are important strands of the broader Green movement. Greens have often had a close affinity both for the causes and the methods of many civil disobedience movements from Bastion Point, the anti Springbok tour [...] read more
    May 1, 2008 9:33 am - 107 Comments
  • frog

    Waihopai’s only got one ball - by frog



    Did anyone else see the photo below this morning and start humming this song? Hat tip/photo credit: The Standard read more
    April 30, 2008 4:07 pm - 84 Comments