Castle Point Lighthouse

Castle Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located near the village of Castle Point east of Masterton in the Wellington region on the North Island of New Zealand. It is operated by Maritime New Zealand and serves as a landmark for ships entering from South America to Wellington Harbour.

The cylindrical white tower was the last New Zealand lighthouse, which was manufactured in England and brought in the sections to New Zealand. He was put into operation on 12 January 1913 and initially lit by an oil lamp. 1954, the tower was electrified and powered by a diesel generator. In 1961, the connection to the national electricity grid. 1988, the tower was automated as one of the last New Zealand lighthouses and deducted the lighthouse keeper. He has since, like all lighthouses in New Zealand from a central control room at the headquarters of Maritime New Zealand remotely in Wellington.

Because of its location near the popular as a holiday destination beach Castlepoint Beach, the tower is a sight too. The tower was given its proximity to the already existing at the time of construction town with its civilizing amenities - in contrast to the other most isolated islands or only from lake to reach cliffs standing lighthouses - from the lighthouse keeper nicknamed "The Holiday Light" ( " the Holiday Lighthouse ").

After the lighthouse keeper in 1922 rushed for repair work from a ladder and was killed, there were several years stories that his spirit in the lighthouse keeper's house appears.