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New Zealand · Geography · Hard
What is the Māori name for Cape Reinga, the northwesternmost tip of the North Island, where Māori believe the spirits of the dead depart for the ancestral homeland of Hawaiki?
Answer: Te Rerenga Wairua — Te Rerenga Wairua means 'the leaping place of spirits'; according to Māori tradition, after death a spirit travels up the coast to this windswept headland, descends to an ancient pōhutukawa tree, and dives into the ocean to begin the journey to Hawaiki.
- A Te Urewera
- B Te Whanganui-a-Tara
- C Te Tai Tokerau
- D Te Rerenga Wairua ✓
Te Rerenga Wairua means 'the leaping place of spirits'; according to Māori tradition, after death a spirit travels up the coast to this windswept headland, descends to an ancient pōhutukawa tree, and dives into the ocean to begin the journey to Hawaiki.