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Waipapa lighthouse

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Waipapa lighthouse

This lighthouse was built at Waipapa Point, south of Fortrose, three years after the wreck of the SS Tararua in nearby waters on 29 April 1881. Of the 151 on board, 131 were drowned.

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Reference: 129_2907

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David Grant, Southland places – Bluff and the south coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20168/waipapa-lighthouse (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by David Grant, published 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.