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Story: Pacific migrations

Archaeologist Janet Davidson

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Janet Davidson discusses the second phase of Pacific migration, achieved with double-hulled canoes on which domestic animals and crops were carried.

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Geoff Irwin, Pacific migrations – Why explore?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/1791/archaeologist-janet-davidson (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Geoff Irwin, published 4 March 2009, updated 8 February 2017.