With the project on Otago Peninsula experiencing many delays, the lighting apparatus was used at Nugget Point instead.

[4][5] In 1901 Walter Hutton Champion was the lighthouse keeper along with his wife Alice.

The generator was replaced in the 1960s by a connection to the mains grid although the original lens for the light remained in place and continued to be used.

[1] The light was fully automated in 1989 and is now monitored and managed from a Maritime New Zealand control room in Wellington.

In 2006, the original light was replaced with an LED beacon, powered by mains and backed up by battery.