first travellers begin to move from Asia through the islands

  • 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 is settled

  • Period: 300 to 500

    Hawaiian islands settled

  • Period: 700 to 700

    Polynesians settle Rapa Nui (Easter Islands)

  • Period: 1000 to 1000

    Polynesians arrive at Aotearoa (New Zealand)