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Sun reached Polaris in April 17 when Benetnash (η Ursae Majoris) - another star far up in the north - was close to the full moon:

Date Heliacal star RA distance Nakshatra star
April 1 (91) η Andromedae (11.4) 181.5 Mimosa (192.9)
April 17 (107) Polaris (26.6) 181.9 Benetnash (208.5)
May 28 (148) Aldebaran (68.2) 180.9 Antares (249.1)
July 6 (187) Wezen (107.1) 181.3 Nunki (288.4)
August 21 (233) Regulus (152.7) 181.9 Sadalmelik (334.6)
September 4 (247) Dubhe (166.7) 181.1 Fomalhaut (347.8)
Almuqaddam 10 11 (700) 12
April 15 16 (471) 17 (107)
Ca1-25 Ca1-26 Ca2-1 (27)
kiore ki te huaga kua moe ki te tai. Te heke
    Benetnash (208.5)
Polaris (26.6)

When Benetnash was above (i nika) then Polaris was below (i raro).

Nika

'Savage tribes knew the Pleiades familiarly, as well as did the people of ancient and modern civilization; and Ellis wrote of the natives of the Society and Tonga Islands, who called these stars Matarii, the Little Eyes: The two seasons of the year were divided by the Pleiades; the first, Matarii i nia, the Pleiades Above, commenced when, in the evening, those stars appeared on the horizon, and continued while, after sunset, they were above. The other season, Matarii i raro, the Pleiades Below, began when, at sunset, they ceased to be visible, and continued till, in the evening, they appeared again above the horizon. 

Gill gives a similar story from the Hervey group, where the Little Eyes are Matariki, and at one time but a single star, so bright that their god Tane in envy got hold of Aumea, our Aldebaran, and, accompanied by Mere, our Sirius, chased the offender, who took refuge in a stream. Mere, however, drained off the water, and Tane hurled Aumea at the fugitive, breaking him into the six pieces that we now see, whence the native name for the fragments, Tauono, the Six, quoted by Flammarion as Tau, both titles singularly like the Latin Taurus. They were the favorite one of the various avelas, or guides at sea in night voyages from one island to another; and, as opening the year, objects of worship down to 1857, when Christianity prevailed throughout these islands.' (Allen)

Raro

Bottom, bottom end, lower part; when used as a locative adverb, it is preceded by a preposition: a raro, down (lit.: along down); ki raro. downwards; mai raro, upwards (lit.: from down); o raro, lower (lit.: of down). When used with a noun the same preposition is repeated: ki ea-mai mai raro mai te rano, when coming up from the bottom of the crater. Vanaga

Metoro said heke twice more when reading Mamari:

352
*Ca14-9 (372) *Ca14-10 *Ca14-11 *Ca14-12 *Ca14-13
March 27 28 29 30 31 (91)
te vero te henua te heke te kihikihi o te henua - kua haga hia
Cb14-8 Cb14-9 (730) Cb14-10 Cb14-11 Cb14-12 Cb14-13 (368)
March 19 March 20 (444) 21 22 (81) 23 24
kotia hia kua haro te rima te marama ku kikiu tagata kua to i te heke
To

1. Particle sometimes used with the article in ancient legends; i uto to te hau, the ribbon was in the float. 2. To rise (of the sun) during the morning hours up to the zenith: he-to te raá. Vanaga.

1. Of. T Pau., Ta.: to, of. Mgv.: to, genitive sign. Mq.: to, of, for. 2. This, which. Churchill.

Mgv.: To, to make a canoe of planks. Mq.: to, to build a canoe. Sa.: to, to build. Churchill.

March 31 is here day 91 because this is a leap year.

From March 24 to April 17 there are 107 - 83 = 24 days. From Cb14-13 to Ca2-1 there are 740 + 27 - 734 = 33 glyphs. From Ca14-11 to Cb14-13 there are 360 glyphs.

357
*Ca14-11 Cb14-11 Cb14-12 Cb14-13
360

An octopus can hide in his ink (kahukahu o heke). I guess this is why heke occurs with the mauga type of glyph - celestial persons will ultimately hide behind 'the mountain' (mauga) in the west.

Kahu

Clothing, dress, habit, cloth, curtain, vestment, veil, shirt, sheet; kahu hakaviri, shroud; kahu nui, gown; rima o te kahu, sleeve; kahu rahirahi, muslin; hare kahi, tent; horega kahu, shirt; hakarivariva ki te kahu, toilet; rakai ki te kahu, toilet; patu ki te kahu, to undress; kahu oruga, royal sail; kahu hakatepetepe, jib; kahu nui, foresail; hakatopa ki te kahu, to set sail; (hecki keho, canvas T.) P Pau.: kahu, dress, garment, native cloth. Mgv.: kahu, cloth, stuff, garment, clothing. Mq.: kahu, habit, vestment, stuff, tunic. Ta.: ahu, cloth in general, vestment, mantle. Chuchill.

Mauga

Maúga. 1. Last; aga maúga o te Ariki o Hotu Matu'a, King Hotu Matua's last work. 2. Hill, mountain. Mouga, moúga. Last; vânaga moúga o te Ariki O Hotu Matu'a, the last words of King Hotu Matu'a. Vanaga.

Mauga kore, impalpable. Mouga. 1. Enough, that's all, at last. 2. Mountain, ridge of hills; mouga iti, hillock; tua mouga, mountain top; hiriga mouga; hillside, declivity, slope. P Pau.: mahuga, mountain. Mgv.: mou, maga, mountain. Mq.: mouna, mouka, peak or crest of a mountain. Ta.: maua, moua, mountain. 3. Extinction, end, interruption, solution; te mouga o te hiriga, end of a voyage; pagaha mouga kore, without consolation. 4. To get. Churchill.

mauga *Ca14-11 Cb14-13 Ca2-1 (472)

Mauga also means 'last' and glyph Ca2-1 is like Benetnash (at the tip of the Great Bear's tail) a sign of the last part. Polaris is the last Tahitain star pillar:

1

Ana-mua, entrance pillar

Antares, α Scorpii

2

Ana-muri, rear pillar (at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)

Aldebaran, α Tauri

3

Ana-roto, middle pillar

Spica, α Virginis

4

Ana-tipu, upper-side-pillar (where the guards stood)

Dubhe, α Ursae Majoris

5

Ana-heu-heu-po, the pillar where debates were held

Alphard, α Hydrae

6

Ana-tahua-taata-metua-te-tupu-mavae, a pillar to stand by

Arcturus, α Bootis

7

Ana-tahua-vahine-o-toa-te-manava, pillar for elocution

Procyon, α Canis Minoris

8

Ana-varu, pillar to sit by

Betelgeuse, α Orionis

9

Ana-iva, pillar of exit

Phakt, α Columbae

10

Ana-nia, pillar-to-fish-by

North Star, α Ursae Minoris

The name Ana-nia probably means the star (pillar) above (i nika).