The red light is finally off for the camera causing so much outrage in a Kaikoura toilet block.

Kaikoura District Council has received two complaints in the last three months over a camera in the West End toilets.

Communications and engagement manager Libby Clifford says the camera couldn't see into toilet cubicles and it was reducing crime by up to 95 percent.

But she says they have taken the issue seriously, approached the Privacy Commissioner for advice and removed the camera after three weeks.

“We are now looking for other ways to minimize vandalism, drug use and graffiti in the toilets.”