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The Maori were the first settlers of New Zealand, and the oldest dated sites are both from the South Island and date to about 1300. But in Archaeology there is a saying "Absence of evidence can not be taken as evidence of absence."

There may be older sites yet to be discovered, or which have been destroyed by erosion and volcanic activity. Recently discovered is a probable tsunami wash over parts of the far north and dated to the early 1400s.

These proto Polynesian peoples extended their reach to Easter Island (Rapanui), Hawaii, and New Zealand (Aotearoa), and these three points bound the area called Polynesia.

A common question on Wiki is why did the (Scots/Irish/Jews migrate, and a common answer is to escape overpopulation/poverty/oppression at home.

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