New Zealand was an important adjunct to Australia with valuable agricultural land, particularly for livestock. However, there was a limited number of coastal defences built until the 1885 fear of a potential Russian attack. At this time a number of fortifications were built.
The Principal Fortifications built in New Zealand where:
AUCKLAND
North Head (1870)
8-inch BL
7-inch RML
64-pdr RML
Bastion Point (1885)
Two 6-inch BL guns
Fort Resolution (1885)
Two 6-inch BL guns
Fort Takapuna (1886)
Two 6-inch BL guns
Fort Victoria (1885)
One 8-inch BL gun
WELLINGTON
Fort Balanced (1885)
Two 7-inch RML
One 6-inch BL HP gun
Two 6-pdr Nordenfelt QF guns
Fort Buckley (1885)
Two 64-pdr RML guns
Haswell Battery (1889)
One 8-inch BL guns
Fort Kelburne (1885)
Two 8-inch BL guns
Fort Dorset (1911)
Two 6-inch BL guns
Gardens Battery (1896)
One 7-inch RML gun
Kau Point Battery (1891)
One 8-inch BL HP
LYTTELTON
Battery Point (1885)
Two 7-inch RML
One 6-pdr Nordenflet QF
Fort Jervois (1885)
Two 8-inch BL guns
Two 6-inch BL guns
Spur Point Battery (1885)
One 64-pdr RML gun
PORT CHALMERS
Lawyers Head (1885)
One 7-inch RML
Ocean Beach (Central) Battery (1886)
Two 5-ton guns
St Clair Battery (1885)
7-inch RML guns
Fort Taiaroa
One 6-inch BL gun
Erskine Point Battery (1890)
One 7-inch RML
Battery Point (1885)
Two 7-inch RML guns