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' ...

1st quarter

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

He Anakena (July)

Tagaroa uri (October)

Tua haro (January)

Vaitu nui (April)

Te Pei

Te Pou

Tama

One Tea

Mahatua

Taharoa

Nga Kope Ririva

Te Pu Mahore

Hora iti (August)

Ko Ruti (November)

Tehetu'upú (February)

Vaitu potu (May)

Hua Reva

Akahanga

Hanga Takaure

Poike

Hanga Hoonu

Rangi Meamea

Te Poko Uri

Te Manavai

Hora nui (September)

Ko Koró (December)

Tarahao (March)

He Maro (June)

Hatinga Te Kohe

Roto Iri Are

Pua Katiki

Maunga Teatea

Peke Tau O Hiti

Mauga Hau Epa

Te Kioe Uri

Te Piringa Aniva

"... 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.