What happened to IRIRANGI

The following was provided to one of our members who dared ask the question of the status of  IRIRANGI. Danny Kaye is the current Manager of the Defence Communications Facility and is best placed to advise us. Thank you Danny for your contribution.
So much has changed in the last 5 years for naval communications; and Irirangi has been an integral part of much of that process. Here is a quick summary to bring you up to date.
Irirangi is now identified as the Defence Communications Facility Irirangi (DCFI) which includes both the Receiver (old NR2) and Transmitter (old NT1) sites which in themselves have undergone significant changes in the last 20 odd years. To be clearer, all former naval and maritime communications now falls directly under the purview of Defence Communications (they were always Defence assets – albeit supported, maintained, controlled and managed by Navy) and as such are the responsibility of the Chief Information Officer who has a firm commitment to provide services on behalf of CDF for all of Defence (Land, Air, Sea – aka Army, Airforce & Navy). In short, we are the latest stewards of all that has gone on before and are committed to ensuring we continue to provide support to the Fleet at sea and ashore.
The transmitter and receiver sites are maintained by a small dedicated technical team and form part of a wider defence community which includes Air and Land assets. The navy communicators of today have a commitment to provide services to all deployed operations / missions which includes support to the Fleet.
What we have in Auckland is the Defence Communications Facility which is located in the old stores building (North Yard just through the tunnel on the right) at the Naval Base in Devonport. This facility hosts the people who manage “technical control’ of all Defence assets (all transmitters and receivers) which also includes Airforce and Army assets that form part of the defence information environment. Control of these assets is via the Joint Remote Control System (JRCS) which in effect connects all the resources necessary to provide a service (e.g. shipshore or broadcast). Our people also provision access to satellite services (send and receive) which are a combination of Defence and commercial services that enables our ships to remain connected to their network of choice when deployed.
At the end of the day the most important and rewarding part of this ongoing endeavour is the quality and commitment of our people (technicians and operators). They make the impossible happen day in and day out,  they are keeping the watch.. so that others may sleep.
Remember if you have a question then leave a comment to this post and I am sure Danny will respond.