Timeline Practice - Polynesian Expansion By Claudia1407 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 Period: 1000 BCE to 1000 BCE Samoa has settled Period: 300 to 500 Hawaiian islands settled Period: 700 to 700 Polynesians settles Rapa Nui (Easter Islands) Period: 1000 to 1000 Polynesians arrived at Aetearoa