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2. On the map of Métraux 3 names are seen here, Vai-havea (cfr Fischer's Vai 'a Heva), Maunga Teatea, and Maunga Parehe:

Maunga Parehe is the last of the 3 cones and here time could be broken, here the season of Sun could begin:

Pare

Half raw, badly cooked. Parehaoga, food prepared in the earth oven (umu parehaoga) for a feast or for people whose help is needed for some work or for organizing a feast. Parehe, piece, bit; to fall, break into pieces. Parei, dirty, to have a dirty face and eyes, someone who gets up without washing. Parera, sea bottom.

Ta.: Pare, a fort, a place of refuge. Ma.: parepare, a breastwork in a stockade. Mgv.: Pare, a covering for the head. Mq.: pae, id. Sa.: pale, id. Ma.: pare, id.

Parehe, to break, a crack. Parei, 1.  (paré), dressed up. 2. To sparkle (of the eyes). Parera, 1. A shallow, a reef. 2. Deep water, profound, gulf; parera tai, deep sea; tai parera, high tide; hohonu parera, fathomless, unsoundable. 3. To lead astray. Hakaparera, to frighten, to scare. Pareu, skirt, apron. Mgv., Mq., Ta.: pareu, loincloth, apron. Pau.: Parego, to drown oneself. Ta.: paremo, drowned. Ma.: paremo, id.

Maunga Teatea is the 17th kuhane station, which number indicates a break with the preceding sequence of 16 stations. A break is hatiga and with 17 as the first number beyond the break between 16 and 17 we can understand that the break Hatinga Te Kohe refers to what happened at Akahanga (the 9th kuhane station) - this is where the 'Cat' dies. Both Maunga Teatea and Hatinga Te Kohe are located at the beginning of new series, and both are Venus stations:

Around Rano Kau

Old Land

Te Pu Mahore

Te Poko Uri

Sea

New Land

Te Manavai

Te Kioe Uri

Along the southern coast - 1st part:

5 Te Piringa Aniva

6 Te Pei

7 Te Pou

Along the southern coast - 2nd part:

8 Hua Reva

9 Akahanga (†)

10 Hatinga Te Kohe

The eastern corner - 1st part:

11 Roto Iri Are 12 Tama (*) 13 One Tea (†)
The eastern corner - 2nd part:

14 Hanga Takaure

15 Poike

16 Pua Katiki

The eastern corner - 3rd part:

17 Maunga Teatea

18 Mahatua

19 Taharoa

20 Hanga Hoonu

At the same time we must keep in mind that the birth of Sun in the northeastern corner resembles in structure the birth of Moon in the southwestern corner:

 

Birth of Sun (east)

Birth of Moon (west)

Old Land

Tama (*) One Tea (†)

Te Pu Mahore

Te Poko Uri

Sea

New land

Hanga Takaure Poike

Te Manavai

Te Kioe Uri

Sun has a pair of birth places, that in the Old Land and that in the New Land (after a sea voyage). The same pattern for Moon induces us to regard not only Friday but also Wednesday as birthdays for Moon. There seems to be 2 + 2 = 4 stations of birth. Possibly it means that Sun is born both at winter solstice and at spring equinox, while Moon is born at summer solstice and at autumn equinox.

The birth of 'Easter Island' is evidently defined by 3 kuhane stations in the eastern corner of the island (Te Pu Mahore, Te Poko Uri, and Te Manavai) and these 3 stations are preceded by 3 islets (Nga Kope Ririva) which are not to be counted as land. In the western corner there are 3 mountain cones and possibly also these are in a transitional ('zero') zone.

24 Oromanga is a Venus place and should represent a birth station, just as 17 Maunga Teatea, 10 Hatinga Te Kohe, and 3 Te Manavai:

1

Te Pu Mahore

10

Hatinga Te Kohe

17

Maunga Teatea

2

Te Poko Uri

11

Roto Iri Are

18

Mahatua

3

Te Manavai

12

Tama (*)

19

Taharoa

4

Te Kioe Uri

13

One Tea (†)

20

Hanga Hoonu

5

Te Piringa Aniva

14

Hanga Takaure

21

Rangi Meamea

6

Te Pei

15

Poike

22

Peke Tau O Hiti

7

Te Pou

16

Pua Katiki

23

Maunga Hau Epa

8

Hua Reva

 

9

Akahanga (†)

24

Oromanga

25

Hanga Moria One

26

Papa O Pea

27

Ahu Akapu

birthplace of the new king

residence of the current king

residence for the future king

residence for the abdicated king

28 Te Pito O Te Kainga