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We are at an important point in the calendar:

May 12 (132)
Ca3-1 (52)
kiore - henua
Alrescha 12 13 14 (364)
May 13 14 15 (500)
Ca3-2 Ca3-3 (54) Ca3-4
tapamea tagata rere ki te toki - te hau tea kiore ki te henua
Alrescha 15 (365) Sheratan 1 2 3
May 16 (136) 17 18 19
Ca3-5 Ca3-6 (57) Ca3-7 Ca3-8
ihe tapamea e tagata mau toki ki te henua e hokohuki mau ki te matagi kiore i te henua

May 16 = the last manzil day has a narrow and reversed tapa mea sign, the idea possibly being to visualize how little of the old year is left. Metoro said ihe tapamea and he may have alluded to the point of ihe tau:

Ca3-5 ihe tau Ca3-17
Ihe

A fish. Vanaga.

1. Mgv.: ihe, a fish. Mq.: ihe, id. Sa.: ise, id. Ma.: ihe, the garfish. 2. Ta.: ihe, a lance. Ha.: ihe, a spear. Churchill.

"The garfish (Belone belone) is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, etc. The fish lives close to the surface and has a migratory pattern similar to that of the mackerel. They feed on small fish and leap out of the water when hooked. The garfish are oviparous and the eggs are often found attached to objects in the water by tendrils on the egg's surface.

Garfish have unusually green bones which discourages many people from eating them. Many consider garfish to be delicious fried, baked or barbecued. Its pelvic fins are located in a posterior position as are its dorsal and anal fins. They are positioned for posterior flexing of the body." (Wikipedia)

The ancient adze was a sign of great power and it created a Man of the one who wielded it:

"A Maori saying: he iti toki, e rite ana ki te tangata = though the adze be small, yet does it equal a man."  (D. C. Starzecka, Maori Art and Culture.)

In G the great tagata toki is located at the beginning of line a2, and this is where he is fully grown, has become a Man:

Alrescha 15 Sheratan 1 36 Albatain 11 12 (39)
May 16 17 (137) June 23 (St John's Eve) 24 (St John's Day)
Ca3-5 Ca3-6 (57) Ga1-30 (31) Ga2-1 (*95)
Maia, Asterope, Merope (55.6), Alcyone (56.1), Pleione, Atlas (56.3) no star listed  κ Aurigae (93.6) Furud (94.9), Tejat Posterior, Mirzam (95.4)

(Copied from Antony Alpers, Legends of the South Seas.)