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The historical Cape Reinga’s lighthouse built in 1941 stands 165m above sea level. The lighthouse was manned during WWII and up until 1987 when it was fully automated. Its beacon is solar powered and can be seen 35km out to sea. Today, it is one of the most visited and photographed New Zealand’s lighthouses.

Standing beside the lighthouse is the international sign post giving distances and direction of other world cities. This is a favourite photo opportunity for tourist and is a distinctive Cape Reinga image.

Cape Reinga is the ultimate northern New Zealand experience. See two oceans collide in a spectacular visual feast and discover the spiritual ‘place of leaping’, where Maori spirits begin their final journey.

At the Cape the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific Ocean, in a spectacular swirl of currents. At the northernmost tip of the cape is a gnarled pohutukawa tree, believed to be over 800 years old, and according to Maori oral history, the spirits of Maori deceased leap from this tree into the ocean to return to their ancestral homeland of Hawaiki.
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Author Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand
Camera location34° 25′ 36.79″ S, 172° 40′ 40.99″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Bernard Spragg at https://flickr.com/photos/88123769@N02/25676793788. It was reviewed on 4 November 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero.

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