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Unification of the Hawaiian Islands under Kamehameha (1782–1810)

1782 - 1810

12 entries

Treaty of Waitangi, colonial governance, and land dispossession in New Zealand (1840–1900)

1840 - 1892

15 entries

Tongan society and the Tongan maritime state (c. 900–1865)

900 - 1865

14 entries

The Samoan matai system and its transformations under colonial rule (c. 1700–1950)

1700 - 1948

19 entries

Tahitian and Marquesan tattooing traditions and rites (c. 1200–1900)

1200 - 1925

12 entries

Stone quarrying and ahu construction on Rapa Nui (c. 1200–1700)

1200 - 1700

12 entries

Society Islands (Tahitian) chiefs and societal change (c. 1200–1850)

1200 - 1847

18 entries

Samoan polities and social development (c. 1000–1900)

550 - 1889

12 entries

Rapa Nui ahu and moai cults (c. 1200–1868)

1200 - 1868

12 entries

Polynesian voyaging canoe construction and navigation traditions (c. 1000 BCE–1900)

1000 BCE - 2010

13 entries

Polynesian colonization of Aotearoa / New Zealand (c. 1200–1300 CE)

1280 - 2014

12 entries

Māori of Aotearoa / New Zealand (c. 1250–1850)

1288 - 1864

15 entries
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