pacific By siennashton 1500 BCE Fiji first settled 1300 BCE Tonga first settled 1000 BCE Samoa first settled 500 BCE Niue first settled 200 BCE Tokelau first settled 95 Empire of the “ tui tonga” 850 New zealand first settled 950 Empire of the “ tui tonga “ 1250 Tongan invaders thrown out. 1840 British colony and settlement 1845 Tonga’s king george topou first monarch 1874 Fiji was taken over by british government. 1874 First indian labourers arrive. 1899 Germany takes over western samoa Jan 1, 1900 Cook islands was taken over by New Zealand 1900 Niue taken over by new zealand 1900 USA takes over eastern samoa 1900 Tonga becomes british protectorate 1907 New Zealander became fully self governing 1914 New Zealand takes over western samoa 1916 tokelau taken over by united kingdom 1948 Tokelau taken over by New Zealand 1950 Pacific island immigration begins 1962 Western samoa self governing 1963 Main migration to New zealand begins 1965 Cook islands became Fully self governing. 1970 Fiji became fully self governing. 1970 Tonga became fully self governing 1974 Rarotonga international airport opened. 1974 Niue became self governing 1985 Only 20% of all niueans left on Niue. 1987 Coup by fiji army 1991 Pacific islanders are 4% of the new zealand population
