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Next we go back to side a and try to fit kuhane stations to the glyphs defined as multiples of 59 on that side:
 
1. Nga Kope Ririva
Ga2-29 (59)
3. Te Poko Uri
Ga5-8 (118)
5. Te Kioe Uri
Ga7-8 (177)

This result is utterly unacceptable, because Nga Kope Ririva should connect to Ga7-8 and Te Kioe Uri connect to Ga2-29 (according to my judgment of the meaning of the glyphs). Only Te Poko Uri is located in its right position. My main arguments can be read following this hyperlink.

The only possible solution to the dilemma - though at first somewhat preposterous - is that we must read (and count) backwards on side a. We follow in the steps of the kuhane and she moves counter to the sun, who in a way resides among the glyphs on side a and moves from its beginning towards the end of the side, i.e. from east to west. Nga Kope Ririva is as far in the west you can get, before you must leave the island. But for the kuhane it was the first contact with the island.