Photo: Chris Thompson
Ray Walter was a lighthouse keeper from 1957 through to the mid 80s.
During that time, he worked at 8 different lighthouses, including two stints at the notorious, remote, and incredibly dangerous Puysegur Point within Fiordland National Park.
His final posting was to Auckland's Tiritiri Matangi Island, where, in 1984, Ray was replaced by the slow creep of automation.
He remained on the island, instead becoming its first DOC ranger. His story is told in a new book 'The Lights In My Life - Memoirs of a kiwi lighthouse keeper'
Author Anne Rimmer talks to Jesse.
