MSM is saying this:
New Zealand has broken with its “Five Eyes” intelligence partners as it pursues a closer alliance with China
New Zealand’s foreign minister said she would not allow the intelligence alliance to dictate the country’s dealings with China, putting it at odds with the other members of the ‘Five Eyes’ alliance: the UK, US, Canada and Australia.
But SkyNews Australia is reporting this as "Woke culture now becoming a national security risk" :
New Zealand is selling out Australia – and the west – to keep sweet with the genocidal Chinese dictatorship
EDIT: This just happened and is definitely connected:
Australia severs regional ‘Belt & Road’ deals with China, FM Payne says deals with Beijing inconsistent with Australia’s foreign policy
https://greatawakening.win/p/12iNC9dIt1/australia-severs-regional-belt--/c/
Signals Intelligence. It's the basis of the FVEY relationship. NSA and CIA have listening platforms (facilities) in all the FVEY countries.
Good info. Not much to add, but one of the Australian/US bases that was/is involved with SIGNIT is called Harold E Holt Communication Station. It is currently being used for "Air Force Space Surveillance System".
It has a very interesting secretive history and now sounds like it might be getting used by SpaceForce (speculation).
Here is the base on Gmaps. Notice anything symbolic about the shape? https://goo.gl/maps/KFJWKMT4LR3ctEy86
Not sure we will ever know that answer to why they chose NZ.
Pine Gap is critical.
That's not unusual for an antenna array at a listening post. There's a whole lot of math involved and arrays usually represent a geometric formation when optimized.