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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

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

Story by Helen Beaglehole, published 2 March 2009.