Vaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific

Solid, readable summary of the state of history, anthropology, and archaeology for Polynesia. Really useful for understanding the historical context of Hawai'i and New Zealand. Also just interesting. My favorite part was chapter 3, Geoffrey Irwin's chapter on the archaeological record. Particularly interesting how there's a strong case to be made for deliberate exploratory voyages, Polynesians cautiously sailing westward probing for new lands while ensuring they could return home. Combined with the necessity of planned colonization trips (bringing women, plants, livestock) and the whole picture is quite different from the "accidental drifting on the ocean" story I vaguely was taught.