The islands we call New Zealand were some of the latest Pacific islands to be settled by the Polynesians in around 1300CE. Over the next few centuries, they transitioned from a hunting society to an agricultural society as the large birds they hunted went extinct.

Genesis Cities have a set location on a model of Earth in the game CryptoCrusades. The Genesis Cities, 88 in total, will be the seats of 88 empires on iOS and Android when the game is launched.