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Is the Cape Reinga lighthouse still staffed?


In Cape Reinga

No. The last lighthouse keeper left in 1987, and the light is now managed remotely from Wellington. Its beam serves as a navigation warning to vessels off the northern coast. The lighthouse is one of the landmarks you visit on this Cape Reinga tour.

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