Akaroa

Akaroa is a small town in the Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury Region of the South Island. It is situated in the Akaroa Harbour and is 84 kilometres from Christchurch on State Highway 75. It has an area school and was historically settled by the French in the 1840s.

 References 

Other websites
Images of Akaroa in the 1850s by Charles Meryon
Land tenure - New Zealand - Canterbury Region
THE STORY OF THE FRENCH COLONISATION OF AKAROA
 Akaroa official website
 Akaroa Civic Trust

Category:Towns in Canterbury Region
Category:Banks Peninsula