Approximate Dates in Polynesian History derived from Rarotongan Records, etc
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Approximate Dates in Polynesian History derived from Rarotongan Records, etc.
| B.C. | |
|---|---|
| Te Nga-taito-ariki and Tu-te-rangi-marama rule over Atia-te-varinga-nui (India) | 450 |
| Te Kura-amoo migrates to Avaiki-te-varinga (Java) | 65 |
| A.D. | |
| Vai-takere lives in Avaiki-te-varinga; discovery of breadfruit | 50 |
| Period of Wakea (Fornander) | 390 |
| Tu-tarangi is living in Fiji; first mention of Samoa | 450 |
| Period of Tinirau | 500 |
| Period of Renga-ariki | 575 |
| Tu-tonga-kai-a-Iti lives in Tonga-nui; others in Samoa | 600 |
| Period of Ui-te-rangiora, the navigator Antarctic voyages | 650 |
| Hawaii first settled | 650 |
| Marquesas probably settled | 675 |
| Period of Tawhaki | 700 |
| Maku visits New Zealand | 850 |
| Tahiti was inhabited at this time, but not then settled for the first time, probably | 850 |
| Period of Apakura | 875 |
| Rarotonga first colonised by Apopo and Ata-i-te-kura | 875 |
| Period of Tuna-ariki and Tu-ei-puku in Fiji | 875 |
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| Te Ara-tanga-nuku and commencement of second period of voyages | 950 |
| Tu-nui lives at Tahiti | 950 |
| Paumotu colonized | 1000 |
| Samoan migration to Tonga-nui | 1050 |
| Period of Onokura and of Naea, who visits Vaii (Hawaii) | 1100 |
| Voyages to Hawaii from the south (Fornander) | 1150 |
| Time of Toi-kai-rakau, New Zealand | 1150 |
| Moriori migration to the Chatham Islands from New Zealand | 1175 |
| Period of Pau-matua, voyages between Tahiti and Hawaii | 1225 |
| Period of Tangii-nui, Iro, Tutapu, and second settlement of Rarotonga | 1250 |
| Awa-morehurehu, of New Zealand, goes to Rarotonga | 1300 |
| Voyages from the south to Hawaii cease (Fornander) | 1325 |
| Sundry voyages to New Zealand under Paoa, Tu-moana, Kupe, Ngahue, &c. | 1250 to 1325 |
| New Zealand settled by "The Fleet" | 1350 |
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