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This is a list of lighthouses in New Zealand. Maritime New Zealand operates and maintains 23 active lighthouses and 74 light beacons. All of these lighthouses are fully automated and controlled by a central control room in Wellington. Other lights, such as the Taiaroa Head [1] and Bean Rock [2] lighthouses
The Stephens Island / Takapourewa lighthouse is one of New Zealand's most powerful lights with a range of 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi). [1] Perched 183 metres (600 ft) up, on top of Stephens Island, it guards Cook Strait and Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, at the top of the South Island / Te Wai Pounamu.The light flashes white once every six seconds from a white cast iron tower.
The lighthouse is close to the location of the HMS Orpheus disaster in February 1863. [1] Around the year 1870, the signal station located on Paratutae Island was moved south, close to the location of the lighthouse. [2] The Manukau Heads Lighthouse was constructed in 1874. [3] Its wooden design was influential, and replicated across New ...
Pages in category "Lighthouses in New Zealand" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Castle Point Lighthouse, located near the village of Castlepoint in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, [2] is the North Island's tallest lighthouse standing 52 metres above sea level and is one of only two left in New Zealand still lit by the original rotating fresnel lens. It is owned and operated by Maritime New Zealand.
The lighthouse keepers cottage was registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (now Heritage New Zealand) on 24 November 1983 as a Category II structure, with registration number 2562. [24] On 22 November 1984, the Dog Island Lighthouse was registered as a Category I structure, with registration number 395.
Bean Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse situated at the end of a reef in the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the only remaining example in New Zealand of a wooden cottage-style lighthouse, and it is one of only a few remaining worldwide. [1] It is also the oldest wooden lighthouse and only wave-washed tower in New Zealand. [2]
It was the first inner harbour lighthouse in New Zealand, and one of only eight lighthouses nationwide at that time. However, by 1895 there were multiple complaints that it was inadequate. A replacement lighthouse with a more powerful light was built on an adjacent site and commissioned on 21 February 1900.