History Of Tonga
Seafarers associated with the Lapita diaspora first settled the islands making up the Kingdom of Tonga about 1500 BC. The area served (along with Fiji and Samoa) as a gateway into the rest of the Pacific region known as Polynesia. Ancient Tongan mythologies recorded by early European explorers report the islands of 'Ata and Tongatapu as the first islands being hauled to the surface from the deep ocean by Maui.
Read more about History Of Tonga: Pre-contact, Early Culture, Tongan Maritime Empire, European Arrival and Christianisation, Unification
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