The Manukau Heads Lighthouse is located on the Awhitu Peninsula on the south side of the Manukau Heads. This was first lit 1874. rebuilt in 1944 and officially ‘retired’ in 1986. In 2006 the lantern and prisms were reunited in a timber replica of the original tower in it’s current location (almost 1 kilometer north of original site). It reopened as a non-working visitor experience with a symbolic relighting 132 years and 23 days from the date of inauguration.