Warkworth 30m Radio Telescope
The Warkworth 30m Radio Telescope is a radio telescope at the Spark Warkworth Station Site 2, located just south of Warkworth, New Zealand, about 50 km north of the Auckland CBD. It was operated by the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research, Auckland University of Technology until 3 July 2023. It is now operated by SpaceOps NZ under licence from Spark. The  antenna was commissioned in 1984 by New Zealand Post Office for international telecommunications via a geostationary satellite.

Technical information
The telescope is a 30-metre Cassegrain wheel-and-track beam waveguide antenna. It was manufactured in 1983 by Nippon Electric Corp., and was first used by Telecom NZ for communication between New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

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See also
 Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory
 Warkworth 12m Radio Telescope
 Radio astronomy
 Radio telescope
 List of radio telescopes

References

External links
 http://www.icrar.org/news/news_items/dish_repurposed_in_new_zealand
 http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/368812/telecom_nz_gives_satellite_dish_aut/
 http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/rodney-times/4350642/Astronomers-eye-old-satellite-dish

Radio telescopes
Astronomical observatories in New Zealand