Conversation so far:
what was the settlement like?
The colonists brought along with them clothing, plants (called "canoe plants") and livestock and established settlements along the coasts and larger valleys.
Upon their arrival, the settlers grew.
where did they arrive?
Estuaries and streams were adapted into fishponds by early Polynesian settlers, as early as 1500 or more years ago.

Question: did they have any struggles?
Self-contained rewrite: did the colonists  in Settlement have any struggles?