timeline-polynesian expansion olive By olive2090 Period: 2000 BCE to 1500 BCE first travellers begin to move from Asia through the islands Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE thee laptop people spread across Polynesia 1000 BCE Samoa is settled Period: 300 to 500 hawaiian islands settled 700 Polynesians settle rapa nui 1000 Polynesians arrive at Aotearoa