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Cape Rēinga

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Cape Rēinga

Muriwhenua tribes have many traditions about the places named by the Polynesian navigator Kupe. His crew are said to have settled from Cape Rēinga to Pārengarenga Harbour.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Muriwhenua tribes – Ancestors, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/418/cape-reinga (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.