However the most popular point is Cape Reinga. The translation of Reinga is 'place of leading', an allusion to a Maori legend in which spirits depart. Cape Reinga has no facilities except for a tiny little post office that was New Zealand's most northerly. The are no facilities at Cape Reinga except the famed lighthouse and a post office.
Regular visitors get spectacular sea views.
The joining of the Pacific and Tasman is also visible, sometimes generating waves 10 metres high in stormy weather.