Story: Ngā manu – birds
The kūaka (godwit) migrates north in autumn from Te Rēinga – the same place that spirits of the dead are believed to depart this world. When many people die at the same time, they are compared to a flock of kūaka leaving Te Rēinga.
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New Zealand Herald
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