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Beyond Te Pei and Te Pou arrives another pair of stations, Hua Reva and Akahanga:

Hua Reva

10 * 29.5 = 295

Gb3-4 Gb3-5 (295) Aa7-46 Aa7-47 Aa7-48 Aa7-49 (590)
Akahanga

11 * 29.5 = 324.5

Gb4-4 Gb4-5 (325) Aa8-20 Aa8-21 Aa8-22 Aa8-23 (649)

The last deed of Hotu Matua was digging wells at Akahanga and enjoying a drink of fresh water from Hua Reva. Sweet drinking water connects the two stations. Furthermore, in G the similarity in shape and ordinal numbers between Gb3-4 and Gb4-4 suggests a connection.

In A it is more difficult to find any connection between the two stations. Glyph line Aa7 is occupied by a special calendar, outside the rest of the text in A. Possibly Hua Reva is not mentioned in Tahua - one should be cautious and avoid to explicitly describe what is bad.

As to the location of Akahanga in the text of A there is no doubt that Aa8-25 is situated at a cardinal point and that a major season ends here.