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Tamaiti in Ga7-11 is the 1st glyph beyond the 31st (and last) period with henua-kiore-maro  and takaure in Gb3-1 is its 'mirror glyph' (reflected in puo at Gb8-30):
 
3
Ga7-7 (177) Ga7-11 (181)
8
Gb3-1 (292) Gb3-10 (301)

8 'feathers' at left and 8 in front is an unusual sign. In Ga7-7 its numbers (7-7) allude to 177 = 3 * 59. In Gb3-10 they possibly could allude to 301 (with zero shifted one step to the left), but the resemblance between 3-1 and 3-10 is a more probable sign.

177 + 3 = 180 = 10 * 18 measures the path of Sun, and beyond should Moon come in form of a little child (tamaiti). The path of Takaure evidently is beginning in glyph line b3 and the order is the opposite (mirrored), and thus the 'feather' glyph (hakaua) should be following instead of preceding. Henua ora (in Ga7-7) indicates a 'final', but hakaua in Gb3-10 seems to be its opposite, a 'child'.

177 + 59 (counted from tamaiti in Gb7-3) = 8 * 29.5 = 236, which could motivate 8 'feathers' at left. And 413 - 177 = 236 could likewise motivate 8 'feathers' in front:

58 176 235
Gb7-3 (414) Ga7-7 (177) Gb7-2 (413)
59 177 236

If we add 59 to 301 (at Gb3-10) we will reach 360, which seems to be significant. If 8 + 8 'feather' marks also here should be interpreted as 236 + 236, then honu in Ga5-14 will be of interest:

235 105 70 58
Ga5-13 (124) Ga5-14 (125) Gb3-10 (301) Gb5-6 (360)
236 177 59

The central measure 177 will here be followed by 59 instead of by 236.