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5. Page number 42 has 4 stations in 6 text lines and then there are 11 further lines:

42)
57 hanga piko a hare rutu manu a ana onono a Pu ngotangota.
58 ata Popohanga toou e to ata hero e
59 ata ahiahi toou e honu e
60 apina nui a Papa nihoniho a vere nua(-)
  nua a Papa o rae i te ngao o te moai o hina(-)
  riru

ku noho era a a Ira.i apina nui.i tuu mai

ai.a a makoi.ki apina nui.he nape e Ira

i te ingoa.ko apina nui a Papa nihoniho

a vere nuanua a Papa o rae i te ngao o te

moai o hinariru.

ina kai hakamaa Penei e ku naa ana te moai

te tuitui reipa.

he hoki he oho mai arurua.he oo ki roto ki te ana

he noho.he too mai a Ira.i te hau mo te kaikai

mo uru.mo hakamaa i a Makoi.i te urunga o te kai(-)

kai.

4 stations probably means 40 days, and we can summarize the calendar of Makoi:

38)
10 Apina Iti 40 Okahu
20 Hanga O Uo 50 Ra Tahai
30 Hanga Roa 60 Ahu Akapu
  70 Kihikihi Rau Mea
80 Renga A Tini
90 Vai A Mei
100 Rua A Ngau
110 Roro Hau
120 Vai Poko
130 Te Hereke (17)
39)
140 Hatu Ngoio 170 Opata Roa

270

Hanga Nui
150 Ara Koreu 180 Vai Tara

280

Tongariki
160 Hanga Kuokuo (20) 190 Hia Uka

290

Te Rano A Raraku
  200 Hanga Ohiro

300

Oparingi
210 Roto Kahi 310 Motu Kumu (36)
220 Papa Kahi  
230 Puna A Tuki
240 Ehu
250 Maunga Teatea
260 Te Hakarava (31)
40)
310 Oparingi 360 Hanga Tetenga
320 Motu Humu 370 Ahu Tutae
330 Hanga Maihiku 380 Oroi
340 Maunga Toatoa 390 Akahanga
350 Te Pipi Horeko (41) 400 Hua Reva
  410 Rua Hana
420 Puku Hotake
430 Vai Ngaere (53)
41)
440 Teho 510 Rano Kau
450 Vai Ngaere 520 Mataveri O Uta
460 Renga Havini 530 Mataveri O Tai
470 Hare Hakangaengae 540 Vai Rapa
480 Hanga O Maru 560 Te Vai Rutu Manu (71)
490 Maunga Marengo  
500 Hanga Te Pau (60)
42)
570 Hanga Piko (73) 580 Ata Popohanga 600 Apina Nui (78)
  590 Ata Ahiahi  

I have interpreted Capital Letters to indicate a new beginning, which in page 42 results in Ata Ahiahi being grouped together with Ata Popohanga. Considering the Venus cycle which has 584 nights it seems natural to let these pair of stations belong in a group, capturing so to say the end of the Venus cycle.

But then Makoi in day position 24 should also mark such a new beginning:

10 ko apina iti.ko rapa kura.he oho mai he
20 tuu ki hanga o uo.he nape i te ingoa.ko hanga o uo
  a vave renga.
24 he nape he oho a Makoi .i te ingoa.ka vari ro.
  a arurua.aro i apina nui i hakatuu ai
28 te maea.etahi no raa.i nape i oho ai.
30 hanga roa a tuki tukau
40 Okahu a uka ui hetuu.
50 ra tahai a uo.
60 ahu akapu a mata kurakura.
70 kihikihi rau mea a rapa rau renga
80 renga a tini a toto renga
90 vai a mei u(h)i kapokapo.
100 rua a ngau a nua ngirongiro.
110 roro hau a mana ai rea.
120 vai poko aa raa mata turu
130 ko te hereke a kino ariki

This break in time can explain what otherwise would be dismissed as a 'typographical error', viz. the gap between Makoi and the following full stop sign.

Let us conclude this short overview of Makoi's list by returning to page 40:

40)
310 Oparingi 360 Hanga Tetenga
320 Motu Humu 370 Ahu Tutae
330 Hanga Maihiku 380 Oroi
340 Maunga Toatoa 390 Akahanga
350 Te Pipi Horeko (41) 400 Hua Reva
  410 Rua Hana
420 Puku Hotake
430 Vai Ngaere (53)

Te Pipi Horeko is the end of a group, and the 'cave' of Kuukuu is probably located at day number 12 * 29.5 + 1 = 355. This ought to be equivalent to the kuhane station Hatinga Te Kohe:

Gb4-18 Gb4-19 Gb4-20 Gb4-21 Gb4-22
Gb4-23 Gb4-24 Gb4-25 Gb4-26 Gb4-27
Gb4-28 Gb4-29 Gb4-30 Gb4-31 Gb4-32
Gb4-33 Gb5-1 (355) Gb5-2 Gb5-3 Gb5-4

Hau tea in Gb5-1 is reversed to show a break in time, where darkness arrives. The old year is finished and we could therefore be at Anakena:

Because the explorers left Kuukuu after 27 days at the kuhane station 24 Oromanga. Yet the kuhane station 10 Hatinga Te Kohe is located on the southern coast:

This is no contradiction because the international date line is also a vertical line marking a break in time. A vertical line marking the break in time between an old and a new year could very well be drawn between Anakena and Hatinga Te Kohe (about where the dotted line on the map of Métraux is drawn).

Moon (the kuhane of Hau Maka) moves from west to east along the southern coastline and Sun (Kuukuu) moves from east to west along the northern coastline. Both should encounter the 'date line', although from opposite directions and at different latitudes.

Although there is a seabird named kena, what comes out from the 'cave' (ana) at Anakena is probably something else, viz. a red-hot newborn Sun personifying the new year:

Kena

A sea bird, with a white breast and black wings, considered a symbol of good luck and noble attitudes. Mgv.: kena, a white seabird. Mq.: kena, a large bird.

Mq.: kena, burning, very hot. Ha.: ena, red-hot, to burn as a fire.