AHC: Indo-European New Zealand (natives)

Ok, I know this sounds pretty ASB and it might be. But I know that the Indian language is an Indo-European one, so I'm simply asking. How can I get an indo-european language as the native language of New Zealand (I know this is hard because the natives didn't arrive until 1300 a.d. (somewhere around there)) by 0 c.e.?
 
Not all of India, just Northern India, the south is Dravidian mostly. Sorry, I am a nitpicker.
Okay down to business, the Hephthalites don't attack the Gupta Empire (or don't exist) and the Guptas spread through all of India. From there they land themselves in Indonesia on there conquests or trades. Perhaps it becomes a language of aristocrats and important for traders to know if they want to trade. The hardest part is crossing Australia, it was still dominated by aborigines, no economy to help spread it. So unless you want to do a Gupta super-wank I don't see an option. Although perhaps a Gupta-wank followed by a Srivijaya-wank (you just have to make Srivijaya an Indo-European speaking nation and have them colonize Australia).
You still don't have much possibility for the natives though.
EDIT: Also to ward off skepticism before hand, a Gupta-Wank would butterfly the Chola Empire so the Srivijayan Empire would survive long enough to wank.
 
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The Polynesians never make it to New Zealand, so it's virgin land when European (Dutch/English/French/Portuguese/whatevs) explorers reach it and start to settle it. They will be the 'native people', since they will be first humans there. Barring the extremely unlikely event of a majority Hungarian/Basque/Finnish settler population, voila! An Indo-European language will be the native language of New Zealand!
 
I still like a good-old Gupta/Srivijaya combination wank.

If you have a Gupta-wank you probably don't have a Srivijaya. The North Indian cultures were never as outward-looking as the South Indian ones- this was because North Indian cultures were always focused on controlling the Indo-Gangetic plains and defending from invaders in the North-West while the South Indian cultures were maritime states, for the most part which is why they brough thtier culture to SE Asia creating the Indianised kingdoms which gave rise to Srivijaya.

Poefacedkilla: There is no "Indian" language. There are 1652 Indian languages. 30 of which are spoken by more than a million people.

indian-languages-map.jpg


Actually I'd say your best bet (though still pretty much impossible) is a Ceylonwank. Sinhalese is an Indo-European language and a maritime kingdom based on Sri Lanka could, perhaps, if powerful enough (which it wouldn't be) do the job.

New Zealand is really too far away.
 
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