Maybe not thread creep - the Charles W Morgan is an old whaler built around 1840. She sailed the world including around Cape Horn. and despatched thousands of whales in her time. She is still afloat., the very last of the 19th c. whalers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W._Morgan_(ship)

Of the thousand or so whale men who sailed on her it is recorded that some came from New Zealand.

She’s currently at the Mystic Seaport Maritime Museum in Conn., USA.

I wonder if they know the term ‘tounguers.’