Timeline practise- Polynesian- Maggie G By mgallelty 500 Hawaiian islands settled 700 polynesians settel rapa nui (easter islands) 1000 the lapita people spread across polynesia 1000 samoa is settled 1000 polynesians arrive at aotearoa (new zealand 1500 fist travellers begin to move from asia through the island Period: 2000 to 1000 timespan