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2000 BCE
First travellers begin to move from Asia through the islands
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Period: 2000 BCE to 1000 BCE
Timespan
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1500 BCE
The Lapita people spread across Polynesia
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1000 BCE
Samoa is settled
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300
Hawaiin Islands settled
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700
Polynesians settle Rapa Nui
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1000
Polynesians arrive at Aotearoa