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Waihopai: cartoon

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Waihopai: cartoon

The deflation by peace activists of one of the two plastic dome covers at the government’s Waihopai satellite tracking station was a gift to cartoonists such as Alistair Nisbet.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: DCDL-0007082

by Alistair Nisbet

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Malcolm McKinnon, Marlborough places – Upper Wairau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/31863/waihopai-cartoon (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 9 May 2011, updated 18 June 2015.