Cape Egmont Lighthouse

{{Short description|Lighthouse in New Zealand}}

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Cape Egmont Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Cape Egmont in the Taranaki Region of the North Island of New Zealand.[http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/Commercial/Shipping-safety/Aids-to-navigation/Lighthouses-of-NZ/Cape-egmont-lighthouse.asp Cape Egmont Lighthouse Profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117014823/http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/Commercial/Shipping-safety/Aids-to-navigation/Lighthouses-of-NZ/Cape-egmont-lighthouse.asp |date=17 November 2015 }} (from the Maritime New Zealand website It is owned and operated by Maritime New Zealand. The light was manufactured by Simpson & Co., Pimlico, London, in 1864 and erected on Mana Island to the north west of Porirua in 1865, but it was sometimes confused with the Pencarrow Head light at the entrance to Wellington Harbour and in 1877 the light was dismantled and moved to Cape Egmont.{{cite rowlett|nz|accessdate=22 February 2016}}

The light was demanned and fully automated in 1986.