In Social Studies we watched a video about a Samoan and a Maori man trying to track down where their ancestors are from. Here's little summary of where they went and why.

Cook island

They visited the monumental garden spot where their ancestors left for aotearoa.

Similarities between Maori and Cook Island people.

Samoa

Oscars family visits burial ground ancestors, go to church, open up envelope results showing when Oscars clan father came from.

Paternal line- central south Eurasian the Himalaya.

Vanuatu

Pottery found in Vanuatu called La pita Pottery was over 3,000 years old was also found in Samoa and Tonga, Pottery had designs motifs on them but also found on Polynesian tattoos and tapas.