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The most current reliable evidence strongly indicates that initial settlement of New Zealand occurred around 1280 CE. Previous dating of some Kiore (Polynesian rat) bones at 50 - 150 CE has now been shown to have been unreliable; new samples of bone (and now also of unequivocally rat-gnawed woody seed cases) match the 1280 CE date of the earliest archaeological sites and the beginning of sustained, anthropogenic deforestation.13 Māori oral history describes the arrival of ancestors from Hawaiki (a mythical homeland in tropical Polynesia) in large ocean-going canoes (waka: see Māori migration canoes). Migration accounts vary among tribes (iwi), whose members may identify with several waka in their genealogies or whakapapa.Language evolution studies at the University of Auckland suggest that most Pacific populations originated in Taiwan around 5,200 years ago,14 as does mitochondrial DNA evidence.
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information quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maori

The people of New Zealand probably came from Taiwan(Southeast Asia) its a possibility that some could have came from Tonga. The reason is that before they came to New Zealand the where involved in a lot of island hopping voyages. The chart below will give you an idea of how they came to New Zealand.

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Recent maternal mitochondrial DNA analysis suggests that Polynesians, including Samoans, Tongans, Niueans, Cook Islanders, Tahitians, Hawaiians, Marcasesesans and Māori, are genetically linked to indigenous peoples of parts of Southeast Asia including those of Taiwan.
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information obtain from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_culture

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Polynesian_Migration.svg/300px-Polynesian_Migration.svg.png
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maori

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_culture

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