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Glossary: Māori to English TranslationRēinga
Means 'the place of leaping'. Cape Rēinga is known by Māori as the place where spirits leap from this world into the after-world. Te Rēinga - a place in the Northland region of the North Island - is known as the abode of departed spirits.
Glossary terms, spellings, macronisation and definitions provided by Te Taura Whiri I te Reo Māori – the Māori Language Commission |
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