Timeline practice- Polynesian expansion- Scarlett Torkington By Torkington 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: 300 to 500 Samoa is settled Period: 300 to 500 Hawiian islands settled 700 Polynesians settle Rapa Nui (Easter Islands 1000 Polynesians arrive at Aotearoa (New Zealand)