Polynesian Expansion

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  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1499 BCE

    First Travellers begin to move from Asia through the Islands

  • Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE

    The Lapita people spread across Polynesia

  • Samoa is settled
    1000 BCE

    Samoa is settled

  • Period: 300 to 500

    Hawaiian islands settled

  • Polynesians settle Rapa Nui (Easter Islands)
    700

    Polynesians settle Rapa Nui (Easter Islands)

  • Polynesians arrive at Aotearoa (New Zealand)
    1000

    Polynesians arrive at Aotearoa (New Zealand)