This volume of essays, some of which are in French, are written by leading academics from New Zealand and France about the French presence and influence in the Pacific region. A tribute to the invaluable role John Dunmore played in advancing the historical knowledge of, and scholarly interest in, the region, this collection celebrates the work of a man who was raised in France and Britain, immigrated to New Zealand in 1950, and pursued a distinguished career as academic, publisher, and writer.

Scholarly Publications Dealing with the Pacific, Dunmore; A French Garden in Tasmania: The Legacy of Félix Delahaye (1767-1829),E. Duyker; I'll Make You Eat Grass Like Cows: Food and the Bounty Mutiny, A. Frost; L'Ancre et le Plomb: l'édition des voyages maritimes en France Siècle des Lumières, F. Moureau; Nine Days in Nouvelle-Cythère: The Origins of French Artwork in the Pacific, C. Hemming; Le Retour de la France dans le Pacifique sous la Restauration, C. Huetz de Lemps; Patrick O'Reilly: Bibliographer of the Pacific, H. Laracy; Jean-Marie Grange, Clerc de Saint Viateur in New Zealand, J. Munro; Maori as Missionary: A Whanganui Case Study, M. R. Owens; French Whalers and the Maori, P. Tremewan; French Whalers at Otago 1838 to 1853, I. Church; Les Histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin , le Roman Baleinier de Jules Verne, C. Mortelier; Stranger than Fiction: Ethnography and Narrative Writing in French Polynesia, R. Arnoux; 'Hybridity' in French-Kanak Encounters in the Literatures of Kanaky/New Caledonia, R. Ramsay; Dernières Nouvelles du théâtre calédonien: Les Dieux sont borgnes, S. Faessel; New Caledonia : A botanical Mecca, J. Dawson