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Kōrero: Lighthouses

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

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

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

New Zealand lighthouses in 1900

New Zealand lighthouses in 1900

Lenses

Fresnel lens

Replacing gas cylinders

Replacing gas cylinders

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