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Period: 2000 BCE to 1500 BCE
first travellers begin to move from Asia through the islands
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Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE
the Lapita people spread across Polynesia
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Period: 1000 BCE to 1000 BCE
Samoa is settled
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Period: 300 to 500
Hawaiian Islands settled
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Period: 700 to 700
Polynesians settle Rapa Nui (Easter Islands)
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Period: 1000 to 1000
Polynesians arrive at Aotearoa (New Zealand)