Does the GCSB serve New Zealand?

"Since the Echelon system was extended to cover New Zealand in the late 1980s, the GCSB's Waihopai and Tangimoana stations can be seen as elements of a United States system and as serving that system.

What is a New Zealand spying station?

The spying station intercepts data from satellites, and is operated by Government Communications Security Bureau, or GCSB, New Zealand’s equivalent of the NSA.

Did New Zealand's GCSB Agency have a secret listening post?

On 16 March 2015, the former National Security Agency contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden disclosed that New Zealand's GCSB agency had a secret listening post, codenamed "Caprica", at the New Zealand High Commission in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands.

What are New Zealand's telecommunications targets?

Its primary targets are large international telecommunications satellites that provide communications to and from all of New Zealand’s Pacific Island neighbors and other Asia-Pacific nations. Waihopai’s principal target in 2005, a secret GCSB report from three years ago shows, was a satellite positioned high above the Kiribati islands.

What is the NSA's Waihopai station?

According to the NSA documents, the Waihopai station is codenamed IRONSAND. Its primary targets are large international telecommunications satellites that provide communications to and from all of New Zealand’s Pacific Island neighbors and other Asia-Pacific nations.

Why is the GCSB based on the New Zealand security intelligence service?

The GCSB is characterised by its focus on foreign intelligence gathering and is unable to collect intelligence on New Zealand citizens. Because of this, the agency is reliant on the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service for domestic intelligence gathering.