Wrights Hill Fortress

Wrights Hill Fortress

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Wrights Hill Fortress is currently in the hands of a preservation society and can be visited, by the public, on Waitangi Day, ANZAC Day, the Queen's birthday, and Labour Day. Tours may be booked, at other dates and times, - by prior arrangement. The Fortress is listed as a Category I Historic Place. [cite web|title=Register of Historic Places|url=http://www.historic.org.nz/Register/ListingDetail.asp?RID=7543&sm=|publisher=New Zealand Historic Places Trust|accessdate=2008-07-08]

See also

* Coastal fortifications of New Zealand

References

External links

* [http://www.whfrs.org.nz/ Wrights Hill Fortress Restoration Society (Inc.)]
* [http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/jascadde/index.html SITE O Regional Pages: Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific]


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