But you actually can make out New Zealand!('s North Island.) Auckland is easy to see, and I can just make out Wellington from the preview version. When I look at the full-resolution there are enough dots scattered around to make out the full North Island, plus a couple of the bigger towns on the South Island.
They misspoke and bizarrely doubled down when corrected, but they are touching upon an interesting fun fact. That it’s always daytime somewhere in France.