Timeline Practice-Polynesian expansian-audrey By iturgurlaudrey Period: 2000 BCE to 1500 BCE First Travellers begin to move from asia through the islands Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE The Lapita people spread across Polynesia 1000 BCE Samoa is settled Period: 300 to 500 Hawaiian islands settled 700 Polynesians settle Rapa Nui (Easter Islands) 1000 Polynesians arrive at Aotearoa (New Zealand)