Frontier of Dreams

Treasure Islands (1x2)

: 24, 2005

Millions of years ago, the largest islands of the South Pacific rose from the ocean to become home to specialised plants and animals adapted to a unique environment. In more recent times Polynesian voyagers crossed the Pacific to finally make landfall on the shores of the 'long bright cloud'. The Polynesians faced a new environment, but one teeming with food – fish, seals and birds. Over the next 500 years, they re-shaped the land and developed a sophisticated Māori tribal society. (c. prehistory - 1642)