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Kōrero: Lighthouses

Whārangi 6. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki


  • Guardians of the light

    Excerpts from a 2008 documentary about New Zealand lighthouse keepers, on the NZ On Screen website.


  • Maritime New Zealand

    The site of New Zealand’s authority on maritime
    safety includes information on lighthouses and
    lights.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

  • Alpin, Jeanette. The lighthouse keeper’s
    wife: an autobiography
    . Auckland: Cape Catley,
    2001.
  • Beaglehole, Helen E. Lighting the coast: a
    history of New Zealand’s system of coastal
    lighthouses
    . Christchurch: Canterbury
    University Press, 2006.
  • Fox, Lois. Wild waves and isolation: memories of a childhood on Centre Island Lighthouse, Foveaux Strait. Matamata: L. A. Fox, 2003.
  • Kemp, Bill. Pass safely sailor.
    Wellington: Steele Roberts, 2004.
  • Ross, John O’Connell. The lighthouses of New
    Zealand
    . Palmerston North: Dunmore, 1975.
  • Sheehan, Grant, and Anna Gibbons. Leading
    lights: lighthouses of New Zealand
    .
    Christchurch: Hazard, 1991.
  • Taylor, Peter. As darker grows the
    night
    . Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton,
    1975.
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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Helen Beaglehole, Lighthouses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/13304/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Helen Beaglehole, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.