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Cape Palliser lighthouse

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Cape Palliser lighthouse

Around 250 steep, rickety steps lead to the 18-metre-high lighthouse at Cape Palliser. First lit in 1897, the lighthouse was staffed until 1986, when it was automated. It affords magnificent views of Palliser Bay and the South Island.

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Ben Schrader, Wairarapa places – Palliser district, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12041/cape-palliser-lighthouse (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 2 March 2009, updated 11 June 2015.

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Paul Schirley
19 August 2012
This cast-iron lighthouse was manufactured in Wellington(NZ) by Lukes Foundry