feb 13, 1849 - Nanto-Bordelaise Company sells land to the New Zealand Company
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In 1849, with the plan to found the Canterbury Settlement well advanced, the Nanto-Bordelaise Company sold all its rights to land on Banks Peninsula to the New Zealand Company (under whose auspices the Canterbury Association was operating). This transaction symbolised the end of “French Akaroa”.
Source: https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/The-Council/Plans-Strategies-Policies-Bylaws/Plans/district-plan/banks-peninsula/AkaroaHistoricalOverview-part-1.pdf
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