'... The two hulls were no longer kept lashed together (i.e., they were separated for the rest of the journey). Hotu called out to the canoe of the queen: 'Steer the canoe to the left side when you sail in. Teke will jump over on board (your) canoe to work his mana when you sail through the fishing grounds!'

Teke jumped on board the second canoe, (that) of the queen. The king's canoe sailed to the right, the queen's to the left. Honga worked his mana in the fishing grounds. (List of five fishing grounds that belong to Hotu and Honga.) Teke worked his mana in the fishing grounds to the left side. (List of nine fishing grounds that belong to Hotu and Teke.)

The men on board the royal canoe looked out from Varinga Te Toremo (the northeastern cape of the Poike peninsula). Then they saw the canoe of the queen, the canoe of Ava Rei Pua, as it reached Papa Te Kena (on the northern shore, east of Hanga Oteo). Honga came and gazed in the direction below (i.e., toward the west). He called out to the noteworthy ruler (? ariki motongi) Hotu: 'There is the canoe of the queen! It will be the first one to land!'

At this news King Hotu replied to Honga, 'Recite (rutu) ('powerful incantations') as though the ten brothers of the chief (ariki maahu) were one whole (?).' The ten recited with all their might. This is what they recited: 'Let all movement (? konekone) cease!' They recited and sailed on swiftly: Honga, Te Kena, Nuku Kehu, Nga Vavai, Oti, Tive (corrected for 'Sive'), Ngehu, Hatu, Tuki, and Pu (corrected for 'Bu'). He worked mana in the fishing grounds. (Naming of two fishing grounds.)

When Hotu's canoe had reached Taharoa, the vaginal fluid (of Hotu's pregnant wife) appeared. They sailed towards Hanga Hoonu, where the mucus (kovare seems to refer to the amniotic sac in this case) appeared. They sailed on and came to Rangi Meamea, where the amniotic fluid ran out and the conctractions began. They anchored the canoe in the front part of the bay, in Hanga Rau. The canoe of Ava Rei Pua also arrived and anchoraged.

After Hotu's canoe had anchoraged, the child of Vakai and Hotu appeared. It was Tuu Maheke, son of Hotu, a boy. After the canoe of Ava Rei Pua had also arrived and anchoraged, the child of Ava Rei Pua was born. It was a girl named Ava Rei Pua Poki ...' (Manuscript E according to The Eighth Land)

The 2 'sticks' are here the 2 hulls of the double-canoe of the king, which are lashed together during the long sea voayge and then released ('bit apart') in order to create new 'fire' - new light, ebb, land, a new generation, etc. Significantly births occur when the canoes meet again at Anakena (also the name of the first month of the year).

Kena

A sea bird, with a white breast and black wings, considered a symbol of good luck and noble attitudes. Vanaga.

Mgv.: kena, a white seabird. Mq.: kena, a large bird. Churchill.

Mq.: kena, burning, very hot. Ha.: ena, red-hot, to burn as a fire. Churchill.

First arrives the canoe of the Sun King and it could be depicted at right in Ga1-7, and not far behind is the canoe of the Moon Queen:


Ga1-7	Ga1-8	Ga1-9	Ga1-10
*Tama (?)*		*One Tea (?)*

These 'canoe' signs are variants of the glyph type henua:


henua	raaraa	Ga1-3
rectangular field (?)	pole (?)	hull of a canoe (?)
period of 'land'	midnight (?)	period of 'sea' (?)

We should notice the number of fishing grounds, 5 + 9 + 2 = 16. The last 2 of them are probably connected with solstice because all movement have ceased.