Pacific Ocean history

By kyle.F
  • New Zealand
    1275 BCE

    New Zealand

    NZ was settled 1250-1300 AD years ago by East Polynesians.
  • When Kupe arrived in NZ
    925 BCE

    When Kupe arrived in NZ

    Kupe arrived in NZ in 925 AD
  • Tonga
    900 BCE

    Tonga

    Tonga was settled first by Austronesians 900 bc years ago
  • Hawaii
    400 BCE

    Hawaii

    Hawaii was first settled in 400 BC by Polynesians
  • 1 CE

    Kupes wife

    Kupes wife (Kuramarotini) named NZ Aotearoa (The long white clouds) idk what the year was
  • New Zealand
    1275

    New Zealand

    NZ was the last major land mass to be founded by humans. East Polynesians found NZ 1250-1300 years ago.
  • We think they left there country.
    1280

    We think they left there country.

    We think they left there country because of the Indonesia volcano eruption. From the eruption all there crops would have failure. So they would search for a new land far away. Called Aotearoa.
  • When the first wave of Maori came to New Zealand.
    1330

    When the first wave of Maori came to New Zealand.

    The first wave of Maori came to NZ from Eastern Polynesia in waves of wakas about 1320-1350 years ago

  • James cook

    Captain cook was the first European to set foot on NZ in the 1770s.

  • Guidence

    Kupe got his guidance by the birds, fish, sea currents and the stars.

  • When Kupe set sail

    He set sail 3400 years ago around when the Pyramids were being built, also when Rome was be founded and when the Vikings was around.
  • Fjij

    Fjij

    Fiji was settled first by the Austronesians about 1,500-1,000 years BCE.
  • Samoa

    Samoa

    Samoa was settled 3,500 years ago by the Austronesians.