New Zealand - Akaroa - Brito Mart and Reserve - Hotel - 1920’s - Photo Postcard Format #t359 Akaroa - A small town on the Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of the South Island. - In 1838, Captain Jean François Langlois made a provisional purchase of land in "the greater Banks Peninsula" from 12 Kāi Tahu chiefs. - After being informed of the French intention to colonise Akaroa and to further its use as a whaling port, the Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand sent the ship Britomart to proclaim sovereignty for the British Crown. - British immigrants settled in both Akaroa and German Bay along with many German farmers, who set up dairy, sheep and cocksfoot farms. (source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akaroa)