Travel Local: Akaroa, almost a French colony
Channel: FutureCat
Date: 2022-03-05

Did you know there was almost a French colony in Aotearoa New Zealand?  The settlers got here just a few months too late to claim the land, but they did leave their mark on this little Canterbury town.

Sources: 

Tessa Copland, 'French', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/french (accessed 26 February 2022)

'AKAROA, FRENCH SETTLEMENT AT', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966.
Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/1966/akaroa-french-settlement-at (accessed 26 Feb 2022)

Maps:
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Music:
'Parisian Cafe' by Aaron Kenny, from the YouTube audio library (attribution not required)

Opening title sequence created by Katherine Breed: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMhOOR9QQb-BvtCUh3b4dWg