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Lorna Thornber05:00, Jun 04 2021
MCNEILL FAMILY
The end of the journey as the McNeil family reach the tip of the fishtail, Te Rerenga Wairua aka Cape Reinga.
Blessed be Aotearoa, a land full-to-bursting with sacred sites. Many of our best-known landmarks have strong spiritual significance to Māori, helping tell the stories of how our nation came to be. Heritage New Zealand recognises more than 180 wāhi tapu – which it defines as places sacred to Māori in the traditional, spiritual, religious, ritual or mythological sense – but there are many more scattered throughout the country. In some cases, the stories behind them are recorded in official historic records, while others remain largely unknown to all but local iwi.