West Head

West Head is the easternmost point of the New Zealand's South Island. It is named West Head as it marks the western side of the entrance to Tory Channel / Kura Te Au. The corresponding East Head sits across the channel on Arapaoa Island. it is a significant maori historical land with many tapu (sacred) areas that hold many unexplored and excavated sites. It also holds many secrets and culltural places that are up for debate as possibly incorredtly named due to inaccurate understanding of the actual pronunciation being used by Maori at the time of europeran settlement.

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