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rēinga - leaping place

reinga, n. 1. Leap, rush. He pou reinga riri (M. 214).

2. Place of leaping; so of the place whence spirits of the departed took their final leap: page 335 abode of departed spirits. Toku kainga ehara i konei, engari toku kainga kei raro kei te Reinga (S. 26).

Williams Dictionary

Kua tae atu koe ki Te Rerenga Wairua?
Have you been to Cape Reinga.
Away - atu

Āe, kua tae atu au ki reira, ki Te Rerenga Wairua.
Yes, I've been there, to Cape Reinga.

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