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This is a list of lighthouses in New Zealand. Maritime New Zealand operates and maintains 23 active lighthouses and 74 light beacons. All of these lighthouses are fully automated and controlled by a central control room in Wellington . Other lights, such as the Taiaroa Head [1] and Bean Rock [2] lighthouses, are operated by local port authorities.
New Zealand. The Bay of Islands is an area on the east coast of the Far North District of the North Island of New Zealand. It is one of the most popular fishing, sailing and tourist destinations in the country, and has been renowned internationally for its big-game fishing since American author Zane Grey publicised it in the 1930s.
Bethlehem is a suburb of Tauranga in New Zealand's North Island. Originally a small independent town, it has now been absorbed by Tauranga and comprises a number of subdivisions including Bethlehem Heights, Sterling Gate, La Cumbre, Saint Andrews, and Mayfield. [3]
Focal height. 154 metres (505 ft) Range. 35 kilometres (22 mi) Characteristic. Fl W 10s. East Cape Lighthouse is a lighthouse sited on Otiki Hill [2] above East Cape, the easternmost point on the North Island of New Zealand. [3] [4] It is owned and operated by Maritime New Zealand. The lighthouse was originally constructed on nearby East Island.
Upper light (decommissioned in 1935) and lower light (still in use) Constructed in 1859, the Pencarrow Head Lighthouse was the first permanent lighthouse built in New Zealand. It was first lit on 1 January 1859. [4] It was constructed from sections of cast iron that were shipped from England. Its first keeper, Mary Bennett, was the first and ...
The Bay of Plenty Region ( Māori: Te Moana-a-Toi-te-Huatahi[citation needed][ a] ), often abbreviated to BOP, is a region in the North Island of New Zealand situated around the body of water of the same name. The bay was named by James Cook after he noticed the abundant food supplies at several Māori villages there, in stark contrast to the ...
Special relativity. The speed of light in vacuum, commonly denoted c, is a universal physical constant that is exactly equal to 299,792,458 metres per second (approximately 300,000 kilometres per second; 186,000 miles per second; 671 million miles per hour).
Castle Point Lighthouse, located near the village of Castlepoint in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, [ 2] is the North Island's tallest lighthouse standing 52 metres above sea level and is one of only two left in New Zealand still lit by the original rotating fresnel lens. It is owned and operated by Maritime New Zealand .