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I have listed also the dates because they could be important in order to understand the text:

Qalb al Akraab 5 6   7 (229)   8 9
December 29 30 (364) 31 January 1 2
Ca10-28 (283) Ca10-29 Ca11-1 Ca11-2 Ca11-3
te inoino te tagata E inoino te inoino kua haga

Rogo in Ca10-29 is probably representing Gregorian day 364.

Metoro said te tagata which could be his way to state that the regular solar year is 'fully grown' (completed) with day 364 (= 4 * 91 = 13 * 28).

To reach day 364 at December 30 is to count from January 1. In a way December 31 is a day 'zero', which necessitates the expression 'a year and a day' to describe 365 days.

The text is evidently beginning with March 22 (81) and 80 + 285 = 365. By counting March 21 as right ascension day 0 December 30 will be RA day 284.

The Gregorian day numbers can be reached by adding 80 to the glyph (RA day) numbers .

One of the most obvious Signs in the text is the beginning of the Moon calendar with glyph 157 in Gregorian day 80 + 157 = 237:

An Nathra 9 (101) 10 11 12
August 25 (237) 26 27 28
Ca6-17 (157) Ca6-18 Ca6-19 Ca6-20
tagata oho rima - ki te marama koia kua oho ki te marama kua moe
μ Hydrae (157.1) no star listed Shir (158.9) φ Hydrae (160.3)

The measure used is here 29½ nights per month and 237 = 8 * 29½ + 1. But the Sun measure could have been 30 days because there is a dot in front in Ca6-20, where 240 = 8 * 30. Furthermore,  8 * 29 = 232 (= 236 - 8 * ½):

An Nathra 3 4 (96)
August 19 20 (232)
Ca6-11 Ca6-12 (152)
te heheu ke - te niu kua huri ki te vai
π Leonis (150.6) 10h (152.2)

We should therefore be aware of the following number values:

29 29½ 30
2 * 29 = 58 2 * 29½ = 59 2 * 30 = 60
4 * 29 = 116 4 * 29½ = 118 4 * 30 = 120
6 * 29 = 174 6 * 29½ = 177 6 * 30 = 180
8 * 29 = 232 8 * 29½ = 236 8 * 30 = 240
10 * 29 = 290 10 * 29½ = 295 10 * 30 = 300
12 * 29 = 348 12 * 29½ = 354 12 * 30 = 360
14 * 29 = 406 14 * 29½ = 413 14 * 30 = 420
16 * 29 = 464 (= 364 + 100) 16 * 29½ = 472 16 * 30 = 480