The kuhane of Hau Maka trampled on a stick and broke
it: ... The dream soul went on. She was careless (?) and broke the kohe plant with her feet. She named the place 'Hatinga Te Koe A Hau Maka O Hiva' ...
"... The name 'Breaking of the kohe plant', which is used in the same or nearly the same form in all of the tradition, must refer to a special event. *Kofe is the name for bamboo on most Polynesian islands, but today on Easter Island kohe is the name of a fern that grows near the beach ..." (Barhel 2) If Nga Kope Ririva is regarded as 'zero', numbering the stations by way of measures in time from there, Hatinga Te Kohe becomes number 10, a number which can indicate a cardinal point. This method will number Hanga Takaure as number 14 and Hanga Hoonu as number 20, obviously better than the odd numbers 15 respectively 21. Roto Iri Are is located at the threshold of summer and already the 'rosy fingers of dawn' were flickering on the surface of the sea. The 'break of dawn probably occurred at Hatinga Te Kohe. |