The kuhane stations in the text of G end with 15. Hanga Takaure, but there are 16 stations in the text anyhow, because 7 * 29.5 = 206.5 implies we have to add a station number zero, which presumably is Maunga Hau Epa:
There are 8 odd-numbered stations in the text: 1, 3, 5, ... 15 (those glyphs with ordinal numbers i * 59 counted from Ga1-1), and there must be 8 even-numbered too. Mauga Hau Epa is kuhane station number 24, and we know that when 24 hours have passed a new day will begin. Time is cyclical and the station before the first one must be the last one of the cycle. The cycle measures 24, and not 28, because the last 4 are of another nature. The last station of the cycle is characterized by 'black' (as in the 'black cloth'). A variant of hua poporo is at right in Ga8-3 (where 8 * 3 = 24). In Ga8-4 the top sign indicates a turn and Rei is initiating the new season. Rearragning the even-numbered stations in order to make room for number zero results in a more symmetric table, with the first half beginning in the dark and the second half beginning with the brightest star in the sky. Rei in Ga1-30 presumably initiates the second half, and tagata at left marks both the end of the first half and shows a discontinuity (the outline is not closed). In the flow of glyphs there is a jump (206.5 glyphs long) from Te Piringa Aniva to Te Pei:
The jump is caused by the first 7 stations having been arranged in a line from the end of side a up to its beginning, contrary to the flow of the glyphs. 236 = half 472, and beyond Te Pei the flow of the glyphs and the flow of kuhane stations move in the same direction. |
