Story: Lighthouses All images & media From page 1 – Beginnings Wreck of the Tararua Pencarrow cottage Boulder Bank lighthouse From page 2 – A national system New Zealand lighthouses James Balfour’s notes Wooden lighthouse, Farewell Spit (1st of 2) Steel lighthouse, Farewell Spit (2nd of 2) 1947 Government Life Insurance stamp issue From page 3 – Building Cape Egmont lighthouse Proposed site at Cape Saunders Blackett’s design Baring Head lighthouse (1st of 2) Baring Head complex (2nd of 2) Cuvier Island From page 4 – Lighthouse keepers Puysegur Point lighthouse Cleaning the light A keeper’s life Keeper and daughter Schooling From page 5 – Lights: from oil to electricity New Zealand lighthouses in 1900 Lenses Fresnel lens Replacing gas cylinders Solar power
