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The Kātiki Point Lighthouse, also known as Moeraki Lighthouse, shone for the first time in 1878, following several accidents on the dangerous reefs around the area, to make the area safer for ships that sailed past on their way to Port Chalmers, Dunedin. The lighthouse was built between the settlements of Moeraki and
The wooden tower stands high and above sea level. The light flashes on for 6 seconds and off for 6 seconds, and can be seen for . The light-emitting diode beacon is supplied by mains electricity, with a battery for standby power. The original lens operated with a 1000-watt lamp supplied by mains electricity, with a diesel generator for standby power. It can still be seen in the lantern room at the top of the tower.
The light was fully automated in 1975 and the lighthouse keeper was withdrawn. The operation of the light is now fully automatic and is monitored by a computer and Maritime New Zealand staff in Wellington. The lighthouse was restored by Maritime New Zealand in 2006.
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Kātiki
Kātiki is a small settlement in North Otago, New Zealand. It lies between the townships of Palmerston and Hampden on State Highway 1 at the northern end of Kātiki Beach, close to the Moeraki Peninsula. The tip of the peninsula, Kātiki Point ...
, on the tip of the Moeraki Peninsula, which is known as Kātiki Point or Moeraki Point.
History
The point has a long history of wrecks, notably the wrecking of the ancestral waka atua on a return trip from Hawaiki, leaving some of the cargo being on the beach at Kātiki, below the lighthouse. Tradition holds that the remains of the cargo are theMoeraki Boulders
The Moeraki Boulders (officially Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki) are unusually large spherical boulders lying along a stretch of Koekohe Beach on the wave-cut Otago coast of New Zealand between Moeraki and Hampden. They occur scattered either as i ...
. Just before the light was to be lit for the first time, a storm shook the tower to the extent that the lamp glass broke. A new one had to be ordered, and the tower was strengthened, before the light was lit on 22 April 1878.
The wooden tower stands high and above sea level. The light flashes on for 6 seconds and off for 6 seconds, and can be seen for . The light-emitting diode beacon is supplied by mains electricity, with a battery for standby power. The original lens operated with a 1000-watt lamp supplied by mains electricity, with a diesel generator for standby power. It can still be seen in the lantern room at the top of the tower.
The light was fully automated in 1975 and the lighthouse keeper was withdrawn. The operation of the light is now fully automatic and is monitored by a computer and Maritime New Zealand staff in Wellington. The lighthouse was restored by Maritime New Zealand in 2006.
See also
* List of lighthouses in New ZealandReferences
* McLean, G. (1986) ''Moeraki'' Dunedin, NZ: Otago Heritage Books. .External links
*Lighthouses of New Zealand
''Maritime New Zealand'' {{Authority control Lighthouses completed in 1878 Lighthouses in New Zealand Buildings and structures in Otago 1870s architecture in New Zealand Transport buildings and structures in Otago