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We have tried to count to 20 from the beginning of line Aa2:

Aa2-1 (91) Aa2-2 (1) Aa2-3 Aa2-4
6 Te Kioe Uri 7 Te Piringa Aniva 8 Te Pei 9 Te Pou
Aa2-5 Aa2-6 Aa2-7 Aa2-8
10 Hua Reva 11 Akahanga 12 Hatinga Te Kohe 13 Roto Iri Are
Aa2-9 Aa2-10 Aa2-11 Aa2-12
14 Tama 15 One Tea 16 Hanga Takaure 17 Poike
Aa2-13 Aa2-14 Aa2-15 Aa2-16
18 Pua Katiki 19 Maunga Teatea 20 Mahatua 21 Taharoa
Aa2-17 (16) Aa2-18 Aa2-19 Aa2-20
22 Hanga Hoonu 23 Rangi Meamea 24 Peke Tau O Hiti 25 Maunga Hau Epa

These 20 glyphs could correspond to 20 stations of the kuhane of Hau Maka and I have tried to demonstrate the possibility. The glyphs beyond Aa2-20 ought to have another character. I therefore suggest the 'planets' cannot continue. It would be strange indeed if 27 Hanga Moria One was a day of Mars. Neither - of course - should 26 Oromanga be a day of Moon. Jumping over Mars will cause the dark night (29) to be a Saturday:

Aa2-21 Aa2-22 Aa2-23 Aa2-24 (114)
26 Oromanga 27 Hanga Moria One 28 Papa O Pea 29 Ahu Akapu

114 = 6 * 19 seems to fit the pattern (and 24 Peke Tau O Hiti at Aa2-19 is also a day of Saturn). But numbers can be juggled this way and that. For instance is 364 - 114 = 250.

Presumably we should add 3 further glyphs in order to reach 9 as the proper number for a dark time:

Aa2-19 Aa2-20
Aa2-21 Aa2-22 Aa2-23 Aa2-24
Aa2-25 Aa2-26 Aa2-27 (117)

117 = 9 * 13. And 363 (the day of Rogo) - 116 (at Aa2-26) = 13 * 19. Maybe these 9 glyphs represent Te Pito O Te Kainga:

... The (entire) land she named 'Te Pito O Te Kainga A Hau Maka O Hiva' ...