Ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị kwenyere na Great Polynesian Migration mere gburugburu 1500 BC dị ka ndị Austronesian gara njem na-eji igodo igwe iji chọta agwaetiti dị na South Pacific Ocean. Agwaetiti mbụ nke French Polynesia ka a ga-edozi bụ Marquesas Islands na ihe dị ka 200 BC. Ndị Polynesians mesịrị gaa n'ebe ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ ma chọpụta Society Islands gburugburu AD 300. Ndị Europe zutere malitere na 1521 mgbe onye nchọpụta Portuguese bụ Ferdinand Magellan, na-eje ozi na Spanish Crown, hụrụ Puka-Puka na Amotu-Gambier Archipelago. Na 1606 onye ọzọ Spanish njem nleta n'okpuru Pedro Fernandes de Queirós gara Polynesia na-ahụ n'àgwàetiti a na-ebi na February 10 nke ha kpọrọ (Amatorittaria), ikekwe agwaetiti nke Christian Rekareka gafee n'ụsọ oké osimiri nke South Pacific Ocean.
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