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1300 BCE
Hawaiki
Hawaiki is to be believed where the Polynesian stayed. And Kupe arrived there one day. -
1290 BCE
Discovering islands
Kupe was on the voyage while he was on the voyage he was discovering island like Cook islands, Tonga, Hawaii EX -
1290 BCE
Discovering NZ
Kupe discovered NZ with his wife and his wife named Aotearoa.
Wife name Kuramārōtini -
1290 BCE
How Kupe found NZ
Apparently an octopus was taking their fish so they followed the octopus and it took them to NZ. -
1280 BCE
Kupe Boat
72 people were onboard Kupe's boat including his wife. -
1280 BCE
Trading
Around 5000 years ago Maori's were trading between islands and getting supplies. -
1254 BCE
Volcano erupted
Around 1254 in Indonesia volcano erupted and made crop failure so that's when the voyage started -
Able Tasman
Able Tasman was the first European to see NZ/Aotearoa but didn't go towards it. He was also the person to discover Tasmania and came back with information and then Captain Cook came and landed on NZ. -
Captain Cook
Captain cook was the first European to discover NZ. -
Hawaii
The Hawaiians who killed him cooked him because they believed the power of a man was in the bones so the cooked a part of him. -
Whalers And Sealers.
2nd Europeans to come to NZ were the Whalers and Sealers.