by Helen Beaglehole
New Zealand’s rugged, weather-beaten coastline was perilous to ships arriving in the mid-1800s, and many were wrecked before lighthouses were considered an urgent government concern. The establishment of a national lighthouse system has been a heroic enterprise. Starting out as a lamp tended in a cottage window, lighthouses are now highly technical and wholly automated.
Main image: The solar-powered lighthouse at Cape Rēinga
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