Bafuputsi ba New Zealand ba fumane hore batho ba Polynesia e kanna ea ba bona ba pele ba ho sibolla k'honthinente e hole ea Lefatše ho South Pole, Antarctica khale koana lekholong la bosupa la lilemo. Mapolynesia ke sehlopha sa batho ba Austronesian ba kenyelletsang MaRotuma, Basamoa, MaTongan, Maniuean, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian Mā'ohi, Hawaiian Māoli, Marquesans le New Zealandic Māori. Bafuputsi ba New Zealand ba fumane seo ho thoeng ke "lingoliloeng tse bohlooho” ho kenyeletsoa lirekoto tsa molomo, mesebetsi ea matsoho ea khale le mehloli eo e seng ea thuto bakeng sa ho fumana kamano pakeng tsa batho ba Māori le Antarctica.
Priscilla Wehi, mofuputsi ea ka sehloohong oa thuto e tsoang setsing sa lipatlisiso sa mmuso sa New Zealand Manaaki Whenua, ho boletse New Zealand Herald, “Ha rea ka ra sibolla sena, ke pale e tsebahalang…Mosebetsi oa rōna e ne e le ho kopanya boitsebiso bohle [ho akarelletsa le lineano tse buuoang le lingoliloeng tse ntšo] le ho li tsebisa lefatše.” Boithuto bo etelletsoeng pele ke Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research le Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, boithuto bo shebane haholo le likhokahano tsa Maori le k'honthinente e hole e leqhoa. Pono ea pele e tlalehiloeng ea Antarctica e etsahetse leetong la Russia ka 1820, 'me motho oa pele ea atlehileng ho ama k'honthinente e leqhoa o ngolisitsoe e le mofuputsi oa Amerika ka 1821.
Leha ho le joalo, hona joale pampiri e ncha e bontšitse hore leeto le ka boroa le tsamaisoang ke morena oa Polynesia Hui Te Rangiora le sehlopha sa hae le ile la nka lilemo tse likete pele ho leeto la Russia. Ho latela thuto, ho ile ha feta nako e telele pele Māori a fallela New Zealand. Le hoja boholo ba histori ea Mapolynesia e theiloe moetlong oa molomo ’me litšibollo tse khōlō tse kang ho fihla Antarctica ho tlalehoa li sa natsoe, bo-rasaense ba Māori ba paka hore ke mohloli o tšepahalang oa bopaki.
“Māori e nkang karolo leetong la leoatle la Antarctic ha e lumelloe ka seoelo. Re ile ra fumana kamano pakeng tsa Māori le Antarctica le metsi a eona e ’nile ea e-ba teng ho tloha mehleng ea khale ka ho fetisisa ea ho nka maeto, ’me hamorao ka ho kenya letsoho maetong le ho phenya-phenya a etelletsoeng pele ke Europe, liphuputso tsa mehleng ena tsa saense, ho tšoasa litlhapi le tse ling ka makholo a lilemo.”—Priscilla Wehi.
Bafuputsi ba itse polelong, "Ho nka karolo ha Māori leetong le leetong la Antarctic ho ntse ho tsoela pele ho fihlela kajeno. Bafuputsi ba re ho bohlokoa ho etsoa lipatlisiso tse ngata ho tlatsa likheo tsa tsebo, le ho netefatsa hore Māori e kenyeletsoa likamanong tsa nako e tlang le Antarctica. Ho feta moo, Wehi o boetse a hlokometse, "Ho holisa bo-ramahlale ba Māori Antarctic le ho kenyelletsa maikutlo a Māori ho tla eketsa botebo ho mananeo a lipatlisiso a New Zealand mme qetellong ts'ireletso le taolo ea Antarctica."
