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 and Bean Rock lighthouses, are operated by local port authorities. There are also several decommissioned lighthouses not listed below, including the Manukau South Head, Boulder Bank, and Akaroa lighthouses.
Many of New Zealand's earliest lighthouses were designed by marine engineer James Balfour and his successor John Blackett.
The New Zealand Nautical Almanac lists all of New Zealand's active lighthouses and lights, along with their locations, characteristics and ranges.
North Island
NameLighthouses of New Zealand (from the Maritime New Zealand website) Coordinates Year completed Tower height Status Baring Head 1935 12m Active Cape BrettLighthouses@Lighthouse Depot ... Home Page 1910 13m DecommissionedBean Rock187115mActive Cape Egmont 1881 20m Active Cape Palliser 1897 18m Active Cape Reinga 1941 10m Active Castle Point 1913 23m Active Cuvier Island 1889 15m Active East Cape 1900 14m ActiveKarori Rock41°20'38"S 174°39'7"E1915?Decommisioned Mokohinau Island 1883 14m Active Pencarrow Head 1859 11.5m Decommissioned Rangitoto 1905 21m Active Tiritiri Matangi 1865 20m Active
South Island
Name Coordinates Year completed Tower height Status Brothers Island 1877 12m Active French Pass 1884 3m Active Stephens Island 1894 15m Active Farewell Spit 1870 27m Active Kahurangi Point 1903 18m Active Cape Campbell 1870 22m Active Cape Foulwind 1876 9m Active Tuhawaiki Point 1904 9m ActiveTaiaroa Head 186512mActive Katiki Point 1878 8m Active Nugget Point 1870 9.4m Active Waipapa Point 1884 13m Active Dog Island 1865 37m Active Centre Island 1878 12m Active Puysegur Point 1879 5m Active
See also Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
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