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Kōrero: Lighthouses

Rarangi kaupapa

  1. Story summary

  2. Beginnings

  3. A national system

  4. Building

  5. Lighthouse keepers

  6. Lights: from oil to electricity

  7. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Beginnings

Wreck of the Tararua

Wreck of the Tararua

Pencarrow cottage

Pencarrow cottage

Boulder Bank lighthouse

Boulder Bank lighthouse

Mai i te whārangi 2 - A national system

New Zealand lighthouses

New Zealand lighthouses

James Balfour’s notes

James Balfour’s notes

Wooden lighthouse, Farewell Spit

Wooden lighthouse, Farewell Spit (1 o 2)

Steel lighthouse, Farewell Spit

Steel lighthouse, Farewell Spit (2 o 2)

1947 Government Life Insurance stamp issue

1947 Government Life Insurance stamp issue

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Building

Cape Egmont lighthouse

Cape Egmont lighthouse

Proposed site at Cape Saunders

Proposed site at Cape Saunders

Blackett’s design

Blackett’s design

Baring Head lighthouse

Baring Head lighthouse (1 o 2)

Baring Head complex

Baring Head complex (2 o 2)

Cuvier Island

Cuvier Island

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Lighthouse keepers

Puysegur Point lighthouse

Puysegur Point lighthouse

Cleaning the light

Cleaning the light

A keeper’s life

A keeper’s life

Keeper and daughter

Keeper and daughter

Schooling

Schooling

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Lights: from oil to electricity

New Zealand lighthouses in 1900

New Zealand lighthouses in 1900

Lenses

Lenses

Fresnel lens

Fresnel lens

Replacing gas cylinders

Replacing gas cylinders

Solar power

Solar power

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Helen Beaglehole, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/lighthouses/media (accessed 2 March 2021)

He kōrero nā Helen Beaglehole, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006

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