Mokohinau Islands Lighthouse is a

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on Burgess Island, one of the

Mokohinau Islands The Mokohinau Islands (Pokohinau) are a small group of islands that lie off the northeast coast of New Zealand's North Island. The islands are 100 km (62 mi) northeast of Auckland, northwest of Great Barrier Island and approximately ea ...

, which lie off the northeast coast of the

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of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by

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. The lighthouse sits at the entrance to the

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from the north and northeast. The lighthouse was built in 1883 and first lit during June of that year. Its isolated position, approximately 50 km northeast of

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makes it one of the most distant lighthouses from the mainland. During

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, the lighthouse was turned off as the German destroyer suspected to be in the area laying mines. The lighthouse was not relit until 1947. In 1980, the lighthouse was fully automated and the lighthouse keepers were withdrawn. The lighthouse is now monitored remotely from

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. The white light flashes every 10 seconds and can be seen for 19 nautical miles (35 km).

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Mokohinau Lighthouse
in the

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archives. Lighthouses completed in 1883 Lighthouses in New Zealand 1880s architecture in New Zealand Transport buildings and structures in the Auckland Region {{lighthouse-stub

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