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It should now be time for us to list the kuhane stations in their proper order to see what numbers can be assigned for each one of them:

1

Nga Kope Ririva Tutuu Vai

A Te Taanga

2

Pu Mahore

 A Hau Maka O Hiva

3

Poko Uri

 A Hau Maka I [Sic!] Hiva

4

Te Manavai

A Hau Maka O Hiva

5

Te Kioe Uri

6

Te Piringa Aniva

7

Te Pei

8

Te Pou

9

Hua Reva

10

Akahanga

11

Hatinga Te Kohe

12

Roto Iri Are

13

Tama He Ika Kino He Ihu Roroa

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14

One Tea

A Hau Maka O Hiva

15

Hanga Takaure

16

Poike

17

Pua Katiki

18

Maunga Teatea

19

Mahatua

20

Taharoa

21

Hanga Hoonu

22

Rangi Meamea

23

Peke Tau O Hiti

24

Maunga Hau Epa

25

Oromanga

26

Hanga Moria One

27

Papa O Pea

28

Ahu Akapu

29

Te Pito O Te Kainga

We can count the station distances for the red-marked ones

10 Akahanga

7

18 Maunga Teatea

9

28 Ahu Akapu

19

and compare with the corresponding distances in the Makoi list:

6 Ahu Akapu 108 25 Ko Maunga Teatea

Creation of our present world

20 29 Ko Te Rano A Raraku

(Rangi Meamea)

50 39 Akahanga
ρ Ceti (*35 = *216 - *181) VEGA (α Lyrae)

UKDAH (*144 = *327 - *183)

ALKES (*165 = *347 - *182) FOMALHAUT (α Piscis Austrini)

KHAMBALIA (*216)

182 = 109 + 21 + 52
FOMALHAUT (α Piscis Austrini)

KHAMBALIA (*216)

110 SIRIUS (α Canis Majoris)

BUNDA (*327) 

18 FOMALHAUT (*347) 53 ρ Ceti (*35 = *216 - *181)
185 = 111 + 19 + 55

25 (Ko Maunga Teatea) - 6 (Ahu Akapu) = 19 and 39 (Akahanga) - 25 (Ko Maunga Teatea) = 14.

19 / 14 = 1.36

Maunga Teatea (18) - Akahanga (10) = 8 and Ahu Akapu (28) - Maunga Teatea (18) = 10.

10 / 8 = 1.25

The average distance between the kuhane stations was greater than the average distance between the Makoi stations; 360 / 60 = 6 days for the Makoi list and possibly 364 / 28 (not counting Nga Kope Ririva) = 13 nights for the kuhane journey. 13 * 6 (→ 136 Alcyone) = 78 (→ *78 Rigel → 7 * 8 = 56 → *56 Alcyone).

... another Alcyone, daughter of Pleione, 'Queen of Sailing', by the oak-hero Atlas, was the mystical leader of the seven Pleiads. The heliacal rising of the Pleiads in May marked the beginning of the navigational year; their setting marked its end when (as Pliny notices in a passage about the halcyon) a remarkably cold North wind blows ...

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Nga Kope Ririva Tutuu Vai

A Te Taanga

1

Pu Mahore

 A Hau Maka O Hiva

2

Poko Uri

 A Hau Maka I [Sic!] Hiva

3

Te Manavai

A Hau Maka O Hiva

4

Te Kioe Uri

5

Te Piringa Aniva

6

Te Pei

7

Te Pou

8

Hua Reva

9

Akahanga

10

Hatinga Te Kohe

11

Roto Iri Are

12

Tama He Ika Kino He Ihu Roroa

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13

One Tea

A Hau Maka O Hiva

14

Hanga Takaure

15

Poike

16

Pua Katiki

17

Maunga Teatea

18

Mahatua

19

Taharoa

20

Hanga Hoonu

21

Rangi Meamea

22

Peke Tau O Hiti

23

Maunga Hau Epa

24

Oromanga

25

Hanga Moria One

26

Papa O Pea

27

Ahu Akapu

28

Te Pito O Te Kainga

 

8 * 13 = 104

Akahanga 9

7 * 13 = 91

Maunga Teatea 17

9 * 13 = 117

Ahu Akapu 27

13

8 * 13 = 104

12 * 13 = 156

364 = 28 * 13

Accordingly there could be 104 days from Akahanga 9 to Maunga Teatea 17 and 130 days from Maunga Teatea 17 to Ahu Akapu 27:

Akahanga 9

103

Maunga Teatea 17

129

Ahu Akapu 27

13 + 103 + 13 + 129 + 13 = 271 (= 3 * 91)

And from Te Kioe Uri 4 to Akahanga 9 there should then be 65 days:

Te Kioe Uri 4

64

Akahanga 9

103

Maunga Teatea 17

129

Ahu Akapu 27

13 + 64 + 13 + 103 + 13 + 129 + 13 = 348 (= 12 * 29 = 271 + 77)