Tiritiri Matangi Lighthouse

Tiritiri Matangi Lighthouse
	Tiritiri Matangi Lighthouse 2010
Place:	Tiritiri Matangi , North Island , New Zealand
Location:	Auckland , New Zealand
Geographical location:	36 ° 36 '20.1 " S , 174 ° 53' 50.8" E Coordinates: 36 ° 36 '20.1 " S , 174 ° 53' 50.8" E
Height of tower base:	91 m
Fire carrier height :	21 m
Identifier :	FL W 15s
Scope knows:	18 nm (33.3 km )
Operating mode:	1865 oil lamp ; automated in 1925, acetylene lamp in ; 1984 fully automated
Function:	lighthouse
Construction time:	1864
Operating time:	since 1865

Tiritiri Matangi Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the island of Tiritiri Matangi on the Hauraki Gulf 28 km north of Auckland in the Auckland region on the North Island of New Zealand . It is operated by Maritime New Zealand .

The lighthouse with its outbuildings is considered to be the best preserved lighthouse complex in New Zealand. and is the oldest operating lighthouse in the country. It was the third permanent lighthouse in the country and at times the most powerful lighthouse in the southern hemisphere.

The tower, built of cast iron in 1864, was put into operation on January 1st, 1865 and initially lit by an oil lamp . In 1925 the tower was automated with the help of a rotating acetylene burner . The tower was manned again from 1947 to 1984. Then it was automated again. The last lighthouse keeper, Ray Walter, remained on the island until his retirement in 2006, working with his wife Barbara as a ranger for the Department of Conservation .

The island and the nearby visitor center are open to the public, the interior of the tower is not. Like all New Zealand lighthouses, the tower is remotely controlled from a central control room at Maritime New Zealand's headquarters in Wellington .

On June 25, 1992, the tower was registered as Historic Place Category I by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust under number 5403.

Web links

Commons : Tiritiri Matangi Lighthouse - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Margaret McClure : Auckland places - Tiritiri Matangi Island . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , July 1, 2015, accessed February 9, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b Tiritiri Matangi . Maritime New Zealand , accessed October 18, 2018 .
↑ The Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, Part 2 . In: Supplement to The New Zealand Herald , March 3, 2010, p. 8.
^ Tiritiri Lighthouse . Heritage New Zealand , June 25, 1992; accessed February 9, 2016 .

[TeAra-1] A ^b Margaret McClure : Auckland places - Tiritiri Matangi Island . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , July 1, 2015, accessed February 9, 2016 .

[Maritime_New_Zealand-2] Tiritiri Matangi . Maritime New Zealand , accessed October 18, 2018 .

[PART2-P8-3] The Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, Part 2 . In: Supplement to The New Zealand Herald , March 3, 2010, p. 8.

[Heritage_New_Zealand-4] Tiritiri Lighthouse . Heritage New Zealand , June 25, 1992; accessed February 9, 2016 .