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3. The pair of glyphs before Venus in Ga2-29 can according to my rule of thumb represent Mercury and Jupiter, and also 'the old land' (where Sun 'goes in the night'):

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Ga2-27 Ga2-28 (*118)
Ga2-29 (*3) Ga3-1 (*4) Ga3-2 (*5) Ga3-3 Ga3-4 Ga3-5
old land new land old land
59 49 10 2 57 59 59 57 2 10 49 59
108 236 108
4 * 29½ 8 * 29½ 4 * 29½
Moon Sun Moon
472 = 16 * 29½

In Ga2-28 (which like Ga2-27 must be borrowed from Moon in order to reach 240) there is a kind of fish going down. The rhombic shape identifies the fish as the 'mountain' behind which the stars are hidden 'when they are sleeping'. At right there is a haga rave sign, which could illustrates the final curve at the end of this 'season of sleep'. It has are 4 feather signs in front, twice the number of tail feathers for Sun (beaks and wings in manu kake together also make 4):

... Whare-patari, who is credited with introducing the year of twelve months into New Zealand, had a staff with twelve notches on it. He went on a visit to some people called Rua-roa (Long pit) who were famous round about for their extensive knowledge. They inquired of Whare how many months the year had according to his reckoning. He showed them the staff with its twelve notches, one for each month. They replied: 'We are in error since we have but ten months. Are we wrong in lifting our crop of kumara (sweet potato) in the eighth month?' Whare-patari answered: 'You are wrong. Leave them until the tenth month. Know you not that there are two odd feathers in a bird's tail? Likewise there are two odd months in the year.'

At Hanga Te Pau I tried to interpret a picture of a hare paega as a calendar. Possibly the pair of Pu Hou holes in the side of the entrance stones (not up in the light) correspond to Ga2-27 and Ga2-28. They seem to be 'reincarnations' of Ko Rapu:

This idea can then be connected with the first kuhane stations on the mainland, those who Saturn (Makoi) visited alone. Ira personifies Sun and he did not go there.

If we continue this train of thought, then there are 3 * 7 = 21 kuhane stations in a group, followed by a quartet:

Te Pu Mahore

Te Poko Uri

uru (?)

rima (?)

vae (?)

1

Te Manavai

8

Hatinga Te Kohe

15

Maunga Teatea

2

Te Kioe Uri

9

Roto Iri Are

16

Mahatua

3

Te Piringa Aniva

10

Tama (*)

17

Taharoa

4

Te Pei

11

One Tea (†)

18

Hanga Hoonu

5

Te Pou

12

Hanga Takaure

19

Rangi Meamea

6

Hua Reva

13

Poike

20

Peke Tau O Hiti

7

Akahanga (†)

14

Pua Katiki

21

Maunga Hau Epa

22

Oromanga

23

Hanga Moria One

24

Papa O Pea

25

Ahu Akapu

birthplace of the new king

residence of the current king

residence for the future king

residence for the abdicated king

26 Te Pito O Te Kainga

old land   new land
59 49 10 2 3 * 7 = 21 4 32 59
108 25 91
118 (= 4 * 29½) 118 (= 4 * 29½)
Moon Sun

I find it no longer necessary to describe the mirror image to the right of the central point. I assume it could be the same but in reversed order.

25 is a Saturn number and black is my colour for Ahu Akapu. 4 * 29½ + 2 + 25 = 145 and 145 - 59 = 86:

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Ga4-1 (85) Ga4-2 (*145) Ga4-3 (*1) Ga4-4
24 Papa O Pea (?) 25 Ahu Akapu (?)

The great short-necked tagata in Ga4-1 together with the following takaure seem to indicate that winter (the season of takaure) is over. 145 = 5 * 29.

364 / 4 = 91 days of summer can be counted forward from henua in Ga4-3. Counted backward to Gb8-30 the ordinal number is 87, which should indicate spring equinox:

North of the equator South of the equator
spring equinox 80 autumn equinox 266
summer solstice 172 winter solstice 358 = 266 +172 - 80
autumn equinox 266 spring equinox 87 = 358 + (266 - 172) - 365
winter solstice 356 summer solstice 177 = 87 + (356 - 266) = 6 * 29½
31 (= 7 + 24)
Ga7-5 Ga7-6 Ga7-7 (177) Ga7-8 (*91) Ga7-9 Ga7-10 (180)

Our different models of support seems to work in harmony together.

old land   new land
59 49 10 2 3 * 7 = 21 4 32 59
108 25 91
4 * 29½ 4 * 29½
Moon Moon Sun
236 = 145 + 91

The number of top holes in the pare paega cycle is 32 - given that we count 2 also for the absent stone and given that we disregard the holes in the pair of entrance stones. If we add also the top holes of the entrance stones the number will be 36 (= 4 + 32 in my table above).