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If land is being 'fished up' after 4 months (120 days), then what was it that happened in line a2? Once again, let us look at the larger map:

50
Ab8-29 Ab8-30 Ab8-31 Ab8-32 Ab8-83 Ab8-84
day 572 27 = 3 * 3 * 3 days
60
Aa1-1 Aa1-2 Aa1-63 Aa1-64
day 28 30 day 59
116
Aa1-65 Aa1-66 Aa3-8 Aa3-9 Aa3-10 Aa3-11 (186)
120 / 2 = 60 days (54 + 186) / 2 =  day 120

We have found 'the primal embrace' to be in day 88, and then an important kara etahi in position 123 (or in position 54 + 123 = 177 = 3 * 59) will initiate a long new season (ending 988 = 19 * 52 glyphs later with its manu rere in Ab6-37).

118
Aa1-1 Aa1-2 Aa2-31 Aa2-32
day 28 59 days day 88
10
Aa2-33 (123) Aa2-34 Aa2-45 Aa2-46 (136) Aa2-47 Aa2-48
6 days day 95 day 96 (= 2 * 48)

Vaero at right in a.m. of day (54 + 136) / 2 = 95 seems to be a tail feather (vaero), similar to the one in Ga4-18. A break in time is announced and maybe it is 'the tail feather' of the old one which has been cut off from the 'arm' (cfr the embracing arms in Aa2-31 a week earlier).

We have, furthermore, tentatively connected the earlier 2 vaero glyphs with kuhane stations:

2
Aa2-14 Aa2-16 (15)
19 Maunga Teatea 21 Taharoa
Aa2-18 Aa2-20 (19)
23 Rangi Meamea 25 Maunga Hau Epa

Although these 2 vaero signs obviously form a pair, they also belong in a triplet together with vaero in Aa2-45:

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Aa2-14 Aa2-15 Aa2-16 Aa2-17 Aa2-18 Aa2-45
16 days

But at Aa2-45 these kuhane stations are in the past and a primal darkness rules:

Aa2-28 Aa2-29 Aa2-30 Aa2-31 Aa2-32
i areheu ia ka heheu i te nuku henua noho ragi koia kua hua

Evidently the separation of sky and earth occurs in line a2, and it can be said to commence with kara etahi in day 89. Yet, this day number is counted from manu rere in Ab8-31. A better number is achieved if we add 10 more days (and count from Ab8-11).

Comparing with the text of G it becomes evident that kara etahi in Aa2-33 is in the same position as Ga1-1, but Aa1-59 is not at the same day position as Rogo (in Gb6-26):

58
Aa1-59 Aa1-60 Aa1-61 Aa1-62 Aa1-63 Aa1-64 Aa2-33
64 / 2 = 32
58
Gb6-26 Gb6-27 Gb6-28 Gb7-1 Gb7-2 Gb7-3 Ga1-1
64

Possibly the separation of heaven and earth took a week, with Sky represented by the vaero sign and Earth by the special henua sign in Aa2-46:

10
Aa2-33 (123) Aa2-34 Aa2-45 Aa2-46 (136)
6 days day 7

Tagata in Ab2-46 is similar to tagata in Aa2-17 (located at 22 Hanga Hoonu):

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Aa2-17 Aa2-18 Aa2-45 Aa2-46

But the straight hair in Aa2-46 is an added mea ke sign and the figure therefore seems to mean 'a dark Sky in the past'. The flowing hair is seen also in honu in Aa2-44:

Aa2-44 (12) Aa2-45 Aa2-46 Aa2-47 Aa2-48 (16)
Ga1-12 Ga1-13 Ga1-14 Ga1-15 Ga1-16

The position of this honu can be counted as 90 + 44 + 54 = 188, or (presumably more correct) from Ab8-11 as 188 + 20 = 208 (= 13 * 16).