Cape Reinga Lighthouse

Cape Reinga Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Cape Reinga within the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by using Maritime New Zealand. The lighthouse is a commonplace New Zealand icon and a popular traveller vacation spot even though the lighthouse itself is not open to the public. The lighthouse was built in 1941 and primary lit during May of that yr. It become the final manned light to be constructed in New Zealand and changed the Cape Maria Van Diemen Lighthouse, located on close by Motuopao Island, which have been constructed in 1879.

Accessing that lighthouse become hard due to the tough seas in the region, so in 1938, it was determined to move the lighthouse to Cape Reinga for protection reasons. The whole lantern fittings from Motuopao Island have been reused at Cape Reinga, although the new lighthouse turned into geared up with a one thousand watt electric lamp alternatively that might be seen for 26 nautical miles. The lamp was powered by using a diesel generator.