Story: Pacific migrations
Page 10. All images & media
From page 1 - The world’s first seafarers
From page 2 - Ancient voyaging in Near Oceania
From page 3 - Into Remote Oceania: Lapita people
From page 4 - From West to East Polynesia
From page 5 - Pacific navigation and exploration
From page 6 - East to the empty Pacific
From page 7 - Māori ancestors
From page 8 - Why explore?
How to cite this page
Geoff Irwin, Pacific migrations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/18604/media (accessed 12 June 2026).
Story by Geoff Irwin, published 8 February 2005, updated 8 February 2017.