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Kōrero: Lighthouses

New Zealand lighthouses in 1900

This map shows the coastal lights and the principal harbour lights that were operating around New Zealand in 1900. It also indicates the lights’ degree of visibility, their colour, and the sequence of their flashes.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau

Reference: NZ Map 516

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Helen Beaglehole, Lighthouses – Lights: from oil to electricity, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/6674/new-zealand-lighthouses-in-1900 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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