Kia tae ki te tau 1200 BC, ka haere te iwi Lapita i tētahi o ngā heke moana nui rawa o te ao. Ka hoe whakaterāwhiti rātou, ka tūāomatia e rātou te moana, e 850 km te tawhiti o ētahi o aua tūāomanga. Ka nōhia e rātou a Poronihia Tawhiti. Ko ētahi o ngā moutere o konei ko Whenuatū, Kanaki (New Caledonia), Whītī, Tonga, Hāmoa. He ririki ngā moutere o Poronihia Tawhiti, kāore e rite ki ngā moutere o Poronihia Tata.
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