Time Line Of The Pacific By Aleesha 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 800 cook island first settled 850 New Zealand first settled 950 empire of the "Tui Tonga" 1250 Togan invaders thrown out 1840 New Zealand- British colony and settlement 1845 Tonga- king George tupou first manarch 1874 Fiji was taken over by the British government 1879 FIJI- first Indian labourers arrive 1899 Germany takes over western Samoa 1900 Niue was taken over by New Zealand 1900 Cook Island was taken over by New Zealand 1900 USA takes over Eastern Samoa 1900 Tonga becomes British protectorate 1907 New Zealand became fully self-governing 1914 New Zealand takes over Western Samoa 1916 Tokelau was taken over by United Kingdom 1948 Tokelau was taken over by New Zealand 1950 New Zealand- pacific islands immigration begins 1962 Western Samoa became self-governing 1963 Tokelaus main migrations to New Zealand begins 1965 Cook Islands became fully self- governing 1970 Fiji became fully self-governing 1970 Tonga became fully governing 1974 Rarotonga International airports opens 1974 Niue began self-governing 1985 only 20% of all Niueans left on Niue 1987 Fiji was coup by Fiji army 1991 New Zealand- pacific islanders 4% of the population
