TURNING POINTS
Most of us can identify specific junctures in life when we turned 180° and headed in the opposite direction. It may be that we decided to completely transform our diet, or pursue a totally different career, jettisoned a bad habit in favour of a good one, or headed away from a storm rather than towards it while out walking!
In terms of our inner landscape, most religions view this as part and parcel of the concept of repentance from past flaws and failures.
Cape Turnagain is a prominent headland on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island, part way between Hawke Bay and Cook Strait, between the mouths of the Porangahau and Ākitio rivers.
The Māori name for Cape Turnagain is Te Aho a Māui, which means “Māui’s fishing line”, in reference to the mythology story of Māui and his brothers fishing up the land mass now known as the North Island. Cape Turnagain is 650 kilometres north-west of Chatham Island, making it the nearest point of mainland New Zealand.
The Cape was named by Captain James Cook. After the tragic skirmish when trying to land in Poverty Bay