In order to simplify I will use only the Q text for comparisons:
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:
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:
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:
There is no season which is 'opening'. Instead the luminary is invisible. I guess we are reading about the end of the year:
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:
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:
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