The Tip of New Zealand | Cape Reinga | Where Sea Meets the Ocean | Campervan Trip Series - Episode 6

The Tip of New Zealand | Cape Reinga | Where Sea Meets the Ocean | The Most Iconic Land Mark Cape Reinga offers the ultimate northern New Zealand experience. See two oceans collide and discover the 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. According to Maori oral history, the spirits of deceased Maori leap from this tree into the ocean to return to their ancestral homeland of Hawaiki.