Tangimoana

Tangimoana is a community in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It had a population of 290 permanent residents in 2001. It is located 15 kilometres southwest of Bulls, and 30 kilometres west of Palmerston North.

The settlement lies on the southern bank of the Rangitikei River near the mouth. It was developed in the 1920s as a holiday place for people from Palmerston North and other inland towns. Tangimoana was among the most seriously affected communities in the 2004 flooding.

The Local School, Tangimoana School recently had its 75th Reunion. This was in Queens Birthday weekend. And one of the schools first pupils attending with the 4 Generation of his family attending the school.

SIGINT facility

Main article: GCSB Tangimoana

The New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau operates what it describes as a radio communications intereception facility in the area; it is generally believed to be a signals intelligence, or SIGINT facility operating under umbrella of the ECHELON espionage network, under the auspices the UKUSA consortium of intelligent agencies.

External links

• Tangimoana settlement and history
• Aerial view of Defence Communications Unit
• Secret Power - New Zealand's Role in the International Spy Network
• Secret Power, New Zealand's Role in the International Spy Network; Craig Potton Publishing, Nelson, NZ; ISBN 0-908802-35-8; 1996 (ONLINE EDITION)