Cape Rēinga: gateway to the underworld

April 2025

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Ross Calman at Cape Rēinga – the Leaping Place of the Spirits. Photo: Ross Calman
Writer, historian and translator Ross Calman (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāi Tahu) previews the trail’s northernmost end and shares how to be culturally respectful as a manuhiri (visitor).  Everywhere on Te Araroa is loaded with significance from a Māori perspective. And for many sections, you’ll be literally walking in the footsteps of tūpuna – the […]

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