Kapowairua, Spirits Bay, from the north

The bay is 20 km east of Cape Reinga, the point where souls of the Maori dead depart for Hawaiiki. The view is to the south. On the left is a headland which has in the past had many Maori burial places. The rounded rocky knob is Maungapiko, an important point of reference in Maori tradition. In the middle distance at left, the highest point is Unuwhao.