Cape Reinga lighthouse, North Island, New Zealand

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Cape Reinga lighthouse, North Island, New Zealand

View of the lighthouse at Cape Reinga, at the far northern end of the North Island, New Zealand. The lighthouse was built in 1941. In 1987 it became fully automated and the lighthouse keepers were withdrawn. According to Maori beliefs, Cape Reinga is the point where the spirits of the dead enter the underworld by leaping off an 800 year old Kahika (or Kahikatea) tree. Date: circa 2000

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1941 2000 Automated Belief Beliefs Cape Dead Enter Horizon Leaping Lighthouse Lighthouses Maori Mythology Path Pathway Spirits Underworld Zealand

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