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Waihopai: satellite station and vineyards

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Waihopai: satellite station and vineyards

The government’s satellite tracking station in the Waihopai valley, established in 1989, was increasingly surrounded by vineyards.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Marlborough places – Upper Wairau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31861/waihopai-satellite-station-and-vineyards (accessed 3 June 2026).

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