Akaroa New Zealand

Akaroa is a small town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand, situated within a harbour of the sa…

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Akaroa is a small town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand, situated within a harbour of the same name. The name Akaroa is Kāi Tahu Māori for "Long Harbour", which would be spelled Whangaroa in standard Māori. The area was also named Port Louis-Philippe by French settlers after the reigning French king Louis Philippe I.

Country: New Zealand
Region: Canterbury Region
Founded by: Jean François Langlois
District: Christchurch City
Ward: Banks Peninsula
Community: Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula
European settlement: 18 August 1840

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