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75,000 BCE
Africans navigated their way to Asia
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40,000 BCE
the Aborigines arrive to New Zealand
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1500 BCE
The Lapita people start to spread across Polynesia
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1000 BCE
The Lapita people finish spreading across Polynesia
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300
Polynesians settle the Marquesas' and Hawaiian islands
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800
The Fist Polynesian Settlers in East Polynesia
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1000
Polynesians arrive in New Zealand (The Great fleet)
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The Moa bird becomes EXTINCT
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Captain James Cook arrives in New Zealand
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The Polynesian named their land Aotearoa (meaning long white cloud)
