I just went on a cruise from NZ to Sydney and we went ashore in a place called Akaroa NZ. I never realised that the French had history there too. Being from Adelaide, I know about the American whalers on Kangaroo Island and the French explorers around here but it was surprising to see them in NZ.

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/aka...-settlement-at