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In order to simplify I will use only the Q text for comparisons:

Aa1-65 (1) Aa1-66 Aa1-67 Aa1-68 Aa1-69 Aa1-70
172 173 174 175 176 177
Qa6-9 Qa6-10 Qa6-11 (216) Qa6-12 Qa6-13 Qa6-14

The structure is the same, but the signs are different. 216 (= 6 * 36) should be a last glyph (notice the point) and the following Qa6-12 - where we can imagine 6 * 12 = 72 = 2 * 36 - should be a 'zero' glyph. It is flanked by 2 kai glyphs, both with arms in front formed in a sign which could signify the beginning of autumn.

Qa6-12 seems to allude to day 236, because of its '808' design. 8 * 29.5 = 4 * 59 = 236. 217 + 63 = 280 and 173 (the day number according to the rule 218 / 2 + 64) will become 236 if we add 63 (which in itself is the reverse of 36).

Tagata rere in Qa6-9 indicates the end of a season, and we can suspect the corresponding glyph in Tahua to be Aa1-64. Instead of 2 similar kai glyphs there are 2 different kai glyphs and there are 5 feathers to the right instead of 4 as in Q. The straight central sign in Tahua can be contrasted with the curves in Qa6-12 and the signs say Sun respectively Moon:

Sun

Moon

The Y-formed hand probably indicates 'dry' which cannot refer to the Moon. Instead of '808' there is a rising mago (Aa1-68). Possibly it is to be read as day number 168, in which case it would resemble the beginning of glyph line Qa6:

Qa6-2 Qa6-3 Qa6-4 Qa6-5 Qa6-6 Qa6-7
168 169 170
Qa6-8 Qa6-9 (214) Qa6-10 Qa6-11 Qa6-12 Qa6-13
64 + 214 / 2 = 171 = 9 * 19 172 173

Vaha mea in Qa6-5 has an open mouth (vaha) and is fat, it presumably represents the 'opening' of autumn. In Aa1-68 the mouth is closed and we can imagine a puo sign:

Qa6-5 Aa1-68 puo

There is no season which is 'opening'. Instead the luminary is invisible. I guess we are reading about the end of the year:

Aa1-60 Aa1-61 Aa1-62 Aa1-63 Aa1-64
360 361 362 363 364
Aa1-65 (1) Aa1-66 Aa1-67 Aa1-68
365 366 367 368

The strongly drawn herehua (Aa1-63) would then mark the time of Rogo (with a 'crack' close to the end of his uplifted 'arm'). The peculiar Aa1-66 would represent the dark day when in ancient Egypt the Pharaoh disappeared inside the temple of the wolf god to receive The Secret of the Two Partners. Aa1-66 can be compared with Eb6-1:

Eb5-35 (836) Eb6-1 Eb6-2 Eb6-3

5 * 35 = 175 and equal to the ordinal number of Aa1-68 (counted from Aa1-1).

At left in Aa1-66 there is a fat henua and 4 feathers, at right a lean one with 3 + 2 = 5 feathers. Autumn is in the past and spring is in front.

While Q is describing the middle of summer, A is describing the middle of winter. Both seasons are solstices and the structures should be similar. The signs must be different, though.

In day 360 there are 3 flames in a tiny sign, in midsummer the light is much more powerful:

Aa1-60 Qa6-4