[00:03.65]Human history across most of the South Pacific[00:07.04]Dates back less than 2,000 years.[00:11.54]By comparison, animal colonisers first arrived on these shores[00:15.58]over 30 million years ago.[00:19.28]Yet by the 12th century[00:20.94]people had colonised almost every habitable piece of land.[00:30.42]Surrounded by water[00:31.95]the ocean became embedded in their culture -[00:36.06]sometimes in surprising ways.[00:48.31]In the Banks Islands, women use the sea to make music.[00:56.95]And their songs celebrate the creatures that live in it.[01:06.48]No matter where people settled in the South Pacific[01:09.67]Their survival depended on a deep understanding[01:12.36]of the ocean and its wildlife.[01:30.29]And there's one ocean event[01:31.87]that has featured in the Pacific islanders' calendar[01:34.28]since they first arrived here.