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Waihopai: deflated dome

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Waihopai: deflated dome

In April 2008 three protesters from a peace group, Anzac Ploughshares, used sickles to deflate one of the protective plastic domes covering the station’s satellite dishes. The men were charged with unlawful entry and wilful damage; they pleaded not guilty before a jury in March 2010 and were acquitted.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Marlborough places – Upper Wairau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31862/waihopai-deflated-dome (accessed 13 June 2026).

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