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Metoro said hakaraoa twice on side a of the tablet and also twice on side b:

'Nov 6 (310) 7 (677) 8 9
'May 7 (493) 8 9 10 (130)
December 3 4 5 (705) 6 (340)
June 3 (520) 4 5 6 (157)
Cb10-1 Cb10-2 (624) Cb10-3 Cb10-4 (234)
Ku hakaraoa - te inoino hakarava te inoino ku hakaraoa
no star listed (257) 17h (258.7) Mula-19 Nodus I (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), Ras Algethi (260.8)
no star listed (258) Sabik (259.7), η SCORPII (259.9)
Almaaz (74.7), Haedus I (74.8) Haedus II (75.9) 5h (76.1) μ Leporis (77.6)
ε Leporis (76.0), Cursa (76.4), λ Eridani (76.7)
'Nov 10 (314) 11 12 13 (683)
'May 11 12 13 (133) 14 (500)
December 7 8 (708) 9 10 (344)
June 7 8 9 (160) 10 (527)
Cb10-5 Cb10-6 (236) Cb10-7 Cb10-8 (630)
kua tu tona mea koia kua kake ka moa ki raro kua pu
Sarin (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4)

Alrisha

ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9) β, γ Arae (263.3), κ Arae (263.5), σ Ophiuchi (263.6) Lesath, δ Arae (264.7), Choo (264.9)
 ĸ Leporis (78.0), Rigel (78.1), Capella (78.4), ο Columbae (78.8)

Thuban

λ Leporis (79.6)

Arcturus

Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (80.7), Elnath (80.9) Nihal (81.7)

To be more precise, he said ku hakaraoa, the same expression as at November 10 (314) in line Ca9:

November 8 9 10 (314) 11 12
May 9 10 (130) 11 12 13 (499)
Ca9-4 Ca9-5 Ca9-6 (234) Ca9-7 Ca9-8
ki te vai kua moe ku hakaraoa e rima no ona ku tupu te poporo
ο Cor. Borealis (232.0), δ Lupi (232.1), φ¹, ν² Lupi (232.2), ν¹ Lupi (232.3), ε Lupi (232.4), φ² Lupi (232.5), Pherkad (232.6), η Cor. Borealis (232.8), υ Lupi (232.9) Alkalurops (233.1) Nusakan (234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7) θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), Gemma, Zuben Elakrab, Qin, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8)

Sirrah

φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9)
τ Arietis (49.7) Algenib Persei (50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8)

Gienah

no star listed (51) no star listed (52) no star listed (53)

Acrux

The common denominator is the position in time. Gregorian day 314 (November 10) coincides with glyph number 234 (= 314 - 80) on side a and on side b glyph 234 is Cb10-4, at Metoro's 3rd ku hakaraoa.

In rongorongo times Cb10-4 was at RA day 260 (= December 6), but by reading the text on side b according to where the stars would have been in the times of Al Sharatain, we will find the RA day 260 - 27 = 233.

This result possibly implies we have to regard the beginning of side b in the same way as the beginning of side a, viz. with the first glyph arriving when the first day has been completely finished:

March 21 22 (81) 23
September 20 21 equinox (265)
no glyph
Ca1-1 Ca1-2
koia ki te hoea
Al Fargh al Thāni-25 Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7)
0h (365.25)
Caph, SIRRAH (0.5), ε Phoenicis (0.8) ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8)
Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1), Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9) Hasta-13 / Chariot-28
GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), Zaniah (185.9)
'March 20 'Equinox (76 B.C.) '22 (81) 23 (448) '24
'September 19 '20 21 (264) 'Equinox '23
April 16 17 (107) 18 19 20
October 16 17 (290) 18 19 20
no glyph
Cb1-1 (393) Cb1-2 Cb1-3 Cb1-4 (396)
E tupu - ki roto o te hau tea ki te henua - te maro
POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9) Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) 2h (30.4)
Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) κ Arietis (30.3), Hamal (30.5)

Alkes

no star listed (209) Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9) Agena (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), Thuban (212.8) 14h (213.1)
χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1)

Only then can we have 'November 10 (314) at Cb10-14, which may have been the view of Metoro.

Furthermore, Metoro may well have been aware of the myth about the Hawaiian war-god Ku:

According to an etiological Hawaiian myth, the breadfruit originated from the sacrifice of the war god . After deciding to live secretly among mortals as a farmer, Ku married and had children. He and his family lived happily until a famine seized their island. When he could no longer bear to watch his children suffer, Ku told his wife that he could deliver them from starvation, but to do so he would have to leave them. Reluctantly, she agreed, and at her word, Ku descended into the ground right where he had stood until only the top of his head was visible. His family waited around the spot he had last been day and night, watering it with their tears until suddenly a small green shoot appeared where Ku had stood. Quickly, the shoot grew into a tall and leafy tree that was laden with heavy breadfruits that Ku's family and neighbors gratefully ate, joyfully saved from starvation ...

We remember Kulu and Mokuola, and the breadfruit tree was, according to Wikipedia, growing on the Hawaiian islands:

"Ancestors of the Polynesians found the trees growing in the northwest New Guinea area around 3,500 years ago. They gave up the rice cultivation they had brought with them from Taiwan, and raised breadfruit wherever they went in the Pacific (except Easter Island and New Zealand, which are too cold)."

This would explain Metoro's choice of words, not simply ra-oa - 'finish of the war (with) the Sun' but to make (haka) this happen. The war god (Ku) had to accept defeat and follow the course defined by the Sun. Life implies death.