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NZ was settled 1250-1300 AD years ago by East Polynesians. -
Kupe arrived in NZ in 925 AD -
Tonga was settled first by Austronesians 900 bc years ago -
Hawaii was first settled in 400 BC by Polynesians -
Kupes wife (Kuramarotini) named NZ Aotearoa (The long white clouds) idk what the year was
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NZ was the last major land mass to be founded by humans. East Polynesians found NZ 1250-1300 years ago. -
We think they left there country because of the Indonesia volcano eruption. From the eruption all there crops would have failure. So they would search for a new land far away. Called Aotearoa. -
The first wave of Maori came to NZ from Eastern Polynesia in waves of wakas about 1320-1350 years ago -
Captain cook was the first European to set foot on NZ in the 1770s.
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Kupe got his guidance by the birds, fish, sea currents and the stars.
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He set sail 3400 years ago around when the Pyramids were being built, also when Rome was be founded and when the Vikings was around.
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Fiji was settled first by the Austronesians about 1,500-1,000 years BCE. -
Samoa was settled 3,500 years ago by the Austronesians.