The Jumping Off Point

Also on Cape Reinga, there is a tapu Maori site. The tradition is that when Maori die, their spirits travel to the northern tip of Aotearoa, and then enter a pohutakawa tree, which serves as the bridge to the afterlife. Spirits reach the tree, enter the ocean, and travel to the Three Kings Islands, which are just a few k's away, and then somehow reach the spirit world. That is the tree, on the right side of the rock in the middle of the picture.


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