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The period of midsummer seems to begin with June 18 and end with June 30 (13 days):

Albatain 6 (33) 7 (399) 8 9 (36)
June 18 19 20 21 (172)
Ca4-13 Ca4-14 Ca4-15 Ca4-16 (92)
kua tuu tona mea te henua te hau tea mauga hua - te henua
Praja-pāti  (89.3)   6h (91.3)  
Albatain 10 11 (403) 12  13 (40)
June 22 23 24 (175)  25
Ca4-17 Ca4-18 Ca4-19 Ca4-20
te hau tea tupu te rakau - te henua te hau tea tupu te rakau
      Canopus (95.6)
Al Tuwaibe' 1 2 3 4 (409) 5 (45)
26 (177) 27 28 29 (180) 30
Ca4-21 Ca4-22 Ca4-23 Ca4-24 (100) Ca4-25
ihe pepe rere ka rere ki tona nohoga te moko manu rere tupu te rakau
        Sirius (101.2)

Metoro said te henua 3 times and we recognize the glyph type. But it is a not common variant, and possibly it indicates there are 5 extraordinary days for the solstice:

Northern midsummer:
June 19 20 21 (172) 22 23
Ca4-14 Ca4-15 Ca4-16 (92) Ca4-17 Ca4-18
5

Perhaps the horizontal straight upper ends of these 3 henua indicate a high time for Sun. We can compare with how in Ca2-4  there is a raaraa type of glyph and in Ca3-23 a henua with the opposite design:

Almuqaddam 13 Al Muakhar 1 2 3 (340) 4
April 18 19 20 (475) 21 22
Ca2-2 Ca2-3 Ca2-4 (30) Ca2-5 Ca2-6
erua tagata te henua tagata oho ki tona huaga kua oho
  Alrisha (29.2) Alamak (29.7) 2h (30.4)  Hamal (30.5)  
Pleione 2 3 4 (383) 5 6 (20)
June 1 2 3 4 5 (156)
Ca3-21 Ca3-22 Ca3-23 (74) Ca3-24 Ca3-25
tagata tuu rima ki ruga te maitaki te henua Rei hata ia tagata rogo
  Wei (254.3) Denebakrab (254.7), Grafias (255.4)    

Maybe the henua triplet at midsummer is alluding to the 3 Belt stars and the ancient time when they marked the union between Sun and the sky equator.

Metoro said mauga hua at the left part in glyph 92, possibly meaning the 'fruit' of the 'mountain', or rather the 'last produce':

mauga Ca4-16 (92)
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.

Hua

1. Testicle. 2. Figuratively: son, hua tahi, only son; fruits of the earth; to grow well (of fruits). 3. To cause a fight, a quarrel. Hua-ai, generation, as lineage of direct descendents; contemporaries. Huahua, coccyx of bird, 'parson's nose': huahua moa, huahua uha. Huataru, a creeper (Chenopodium ambiguum). Vanaga.

1. The same; ki hua, again, to continue, to strain, to struggle, to move, to repeat, over and above. Mq.: hua, the same, to return, to recommence.  2. To bloom, to sprout; flower, fruit (huaa); huaa tae oko, huaa vahio, young fruit; hua atahi, only son; huahaga, fruit; mei te huahaga o tokoe kopu, the fruit of thy body; tikea huahaga, deceptive appearance. P Pau.: ua, to be born; huahaga, lineage. Mgv.: hua, to produce (said of trees, grain, etc.), blooming time of flowers, abundance of fruit. Mq.: hua, to produce, to bear fruit. Ta.: ua, to sprout. Huahua. 1. Tailless fowl. 2. Vein, tendon, line. 3. Mgv.: huahua, pimples covering the face. Ta.: huahua, id. Mq.: hua, tubercules. Sa.: fuafua, abscess on hand or feet. Ma.: huahua, small pimples. Pau.: Hua-gakau, rupture. Ta.: áau, entrails. Sa.: ga'au, id. Ma.: ngakau, id. Churchill.

1. Fruit. 2. Egg. 3. Tā hua = 'genealogical writing' or 'same writing'. Fischer.

The 7 'feathers' around the ovoid top of mauga could mean 7 months of 'sky' (summer). When once Orion was at spring equinox summer was 'ahead'.

But if ahead is at the left in Ca4-16, then time must here run from right to left, i.e. according to the rule of Moon (at the back side, tua).

Tua

1. Back, shoulder, tu'a ivi, shoulder blade; tu'a ivi more, lumbago; moa tu'a ivi raá, 'sun-back chicken': chicken with a yellow back which shines in the sun. 2. Behind (a locative adverb, used with i, ki, a, o, etc). Tu'a-papa, pelvis, hips. Vanaga.

1. Behind, back, rear; ki tua, after; o tua, younger; taki tua, perineum. 2. Sea urchin, echinus. The word must have a germ sense indicating something spinous which will be satisfactorily descriptive of the sea urchin all spines, the prawn with antennae and thin long legs, and in the Maori the shell of Mesodesma spissa. Tuaapapa, haunch, hip, spine. Tuahaigoigo, tattooing on the back. Tuahuri, abortion; poki tuahuri, abortive child. Tuaivi, spine, vertebræ, back, loins; mate mai te tuaivi, ill at ease. Tuakana, elder, elder brother; tuakana tamaahina, elder sister. Tuamouga, mountain summit. Tuatua, to glean. Mgv. tua: To fell, to cut down. Ta.: tua, to cut. Mq.: tua, to fell, to cut down. Ma.: tua, id. Tuaki, to disembowel. Ma.: tuaki, to clean fish. Tuavera, the last breadfruit spoiled by the wind. Ta.: tuavera, burnt by the sun. Churchill.

365 = 172 + 193, and in the manzil calendar June 19 is day 399 (= the synodic cycle of Jupiter).

There appears to be a time reversal at Praja-pāti, where the goats at the back side are face to face with the Charioteer who is turning his head around:

The same idea of face to face is presented in the Chinese illustration of the Sheep (high summer) and the Goat (rainy winter):