Aotearoa/New Zealand: waka migrations and iwi formation (c. 1250–1769 CE)

1. East Polynesians begin settling Aotearoa

   Jan 1, 1250Labels: East Polynesians

   • Te Ara
   • Britannica

2. First century: widespread moa hunting begins

   Jan 1, 1300Labels: Moa

   • Te Ara
   • Otago

3. Kaharoa eruption becomes a settlement time-marker

   Jan 1, 1314Labels: Kaharoa eruption

   • Te Ara

4. Long-distance voyaging remembered in waka traditions

   Jan 1, 1350Labels: Waka traditions

   • Te Ara
   • Te Ara

5. Regional communities deepen through gardening and storage

   Jan 1, 1400Labels: K mara

   • Te Ara
   • Te Ara

6. Taranaki iwi structure forms from the 1500s

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: Taranaki iwi

   • Te Ara

7. Fortified pā spread as conflict and defense intensify

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: P fortifications

   • NZAA
   • Te Ara

8. Moa disappear from middens by mid-1500s

   Jan 1, 1550Labels: Moa disappearance

   • Te Ara

9. Iwi and hapū structures consolidate around ancestry

   Jan 1, 1550Labels: Iwi and

   • Te Ara

10. Late-1500s iwi movements reshape Te Tau Ihu

    Jan 1, 1580Labels: Ng ti

    • Te Ara

11. Voyaging knowledge persists through first European encounters

    Oct 7, 1769Labels: James Cook

    • Cook Voyage
    • Cook Society

12. Cook departs after charting both main islands

    Apr 1, 1770Labels: Cook charts

    • Te Ara
    • Cook Society