Cape Campbell Lighthouse

The lighthouse was built to mark the south eastern entrance to Cook Strait.
The first lighthouse, a wooden structure was built in 1870 to house the 2nd order rotating lens from Chance Brothers of Smethwick near Birmingham. Two years after it was constructed faults were found in the construction so it was wedged up and the timbers were refastened to prolong it's life.
In 1898 it was found that the hard wood was decaying and it was decided to replace the wooden tower with a new cast iron one.
The new lighthouse began operating in October 1905 and the old tower was demolished. I have been unable to establish who supplied the new cast iron lighthouse.
In 1938 the light was converted to electricity which was supplied by generators and then to mains electricity in the 1960s.
In 1986 the light was automated and the keepers were withdrawn.
In November 2003 the original light mechanism was replaced by a modern beacon with a 50-watt tungsten halogen bulb.
The lighthouse was painted with black and white stripes to stand out from the white hills behind it and is one of only three New Zealand lighthouses than have stripes.
The lighthouse featured in the 2016 film "The Light Between Oceans" although the plot for the movie is set in Australia.