Pau - All Black flyhalf Colin Slade has signed a three-year contract with Pau, who have just won promotion to the Top 14, the club confirmed on Monday.
Slade, 27, is considered the fourth-choice flyhalf in New Zealand behind Beauden Barrett, Dan Carter and Aaron Cruden.
Slade, who has played for the Crusaders for the past year after previously lining up for the Highlanders, joins a club which is coached by former All Blacks No 10 Simon Mannix.