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On 1 January 1859 New Zealand’s first lighthouse was opened at Pencarrow Head. For the previous decade the entrance to Wellington Harbour had been marked by a light in the bay window of the cottage in this sketch.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: A-032-012
by H. Wilson
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