Lighthouse

Negotiations for the present lighthouse on the Boulder Bank began in 1859. In 1861, this cast iron structure was shipped out from England in the barque "Glenshee." This was to be New Zealand's second lighthouse. A casting above the door reads "Stothert and Pitt, Bath, England". This firm is renowned still as builders of dockside cranes and now they are building container cranes. The light was first lit on 4th August, 1862. The cottages of the light keepers were rebuilt in 1875 and 1895; but they have long since disappeared.