... Long ago in the very beginning of time there dwelt within a shell an infant god whose name was Ta'aroa. He was Ta'aroa the unique one, the ancestor of all gods, the creator of the universe whose natures were myriad, whose backbone was the ridgepole of the world, whose ribs were its supporters. The shell was called Rumia, Upset.

Becoming aware at last of his own existence and oppressed by a yearning loneliness Ta'aroa broke open his shell and, looking out, beheld the black limitless expanse of empty space. Hopefully, he shouted, but no voice answered him. He was alone in the vast cosmos ...

*Nga Kope Ririva Tutuu Vai*	-		*365*	*A Te Taanga*
*Te Pu Mahore*	1	*- 13*	*- 378*	*A Hau Maka O Hiva*
*Te Poko Uri*	2	*- 26*	*- 391*	**A Hau Maka I [Sic!] Hiva**
*Te Manavai*	3	*- 39*	*- 404*	*A Hau Maka O Hiva*
*Te Kioe Uri*	4	*- 52*	*- 417*
*Te Piringa Aniva*	5	*- 65*	*- 430*
*Te Pei*	6	*- 78*	*- 443*
*Te Pou*	7	*- 91*	*- 456*
*Hua Reva*	8	*- 104*	*- 469*
*Akahanga*	9	*- 117*	*- 482*
*Hatinga Te Kohe*	10	*- 130*	*- 495*
*Roto Iri Are*	11	*- 143*	*- 508*
*Tama He Ika Kino He Ihu Roroa*	12	*- 156*	*- 521*	-
*One Tea*	13	*- 169*	*- 534*	*A Hau Maka O Hiva*
*Hanga Takaure*	14	*- 182*	*- 547*
*Poike*	15	*- 195*	*- 560*
*Pua Katiki*	16	*- 208*	*- 573*
*Maunga Teatea*	17	*- 221*	*- 586*
*Mahatua*	18	*- 234*	*- 599*
*Taharoa*	19	*- 247*	*- 612*
*Hanga Hoonu*	20	*- 260*	*- 625*
*Rangi Meamea*	21	*- 273*	*- 638*
*Peke Tau O Hiti*	22	*- 286*	*- 651*
*Maunga Hau Epa*	23	*- 299*	*- 664*
*Oromanga*	24	*- 312*	*- 677*
*Hanga Moria One*	25	*- 325*	*- 690*
*Papa O Pea*	26	*- 338*	*- 703*
*Ahu Akapu*	27	*- 351*	*- 716*
*Te Pito O Te Kainga*	28	*- 364*	*- 729*

Presumably this was to draw our attention to the Pleiades, for according to the time-frame of Bharani they (Tau-ono) began to rise heliacally in day 471 (= 1½ * 314) - i.e. according to the Julian calendar.

500 (= 365 + 135) was the day number for May 15 in the Gregorian calendar at the time of rongorongo. 500 - 41 = 459 was the corresponding place at the time of Bharani. In the Julian calendar this was day number 459 + 12 = 471 = 364 + 107.

The kuhane station Te Poko Uri presumably began at right ascension day *14 (according to the epoch of Bharani and the Gregorian calendar structure), and *14 + *365 = *379 = 459 ("April 4) - 80.

459 ("April 4) + 12 (the day difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars) = 471 (Vaitu Nui 4) = 92 (= 80 + 12) + 365 + *14 (the first day of Te Poko Uri).

Poko. 1. Fragrant; to smell, to give off a smell: he-poko te eo, it gives off a pleasant smell. 2. To hunt, to catch with a trap, to snare. He-kî e Tori: maaku-á e-ea ki te manu, e-poko i te po i ruga i te opata. Tori said: I shall go and catch birds at night, up on the cliff. 3. Thunder (also hatutiri). 4. (Also: pokopoko.) Hollow, hole, depression, any deep, concave object; to leave in a hole, in a depression. Pokoga, chasm; summit. Pokohata, female rat: kio'e pokohata. Pokopoko, woman bent under the weight of her years: vî'e pokopoko. Vanaga. 1. Sound of the sea; tai poko, breakers. Pokopoko, to slap water. Mgv.: pokokina, resonant, clear-toned. Mq.: poko, to slap the water in imitation of drumming; pokokina, sound of water. 2. Rut, beaten path. P Pau.: poko, hollow; pokopoko, concave, to excavate. Mgv.: poko, to dig, to excavate, to hollow out. Mq.: pokoko, to crack open; pokona, to hollow out, to excavate. Ta.: poópoó, hollow, deep. 3. Infernal; pokoga, hell, infernal cave; topa ki te pokoga, to damn (lit: to go down to hell.) Mq.: pokona, cavity, hole. Churchill. Pokopoko: 1. Womb. PS Sa.: po'opo'o, clitoris. Mq.: pokopoko, pudendum muliebre. 2. Pokopoko vae, footprints. 3. Concave, deep, ditch, mysterious; pokopoko ihu, nostril (Ta.: poópoó ihu); pokopoko ke, fathomless; pokopoko taheta, concave. Hakapokopoko, to deepen. Chuchill.

MARCH 7	8	9	10	*11 (355)**	12 (436)	13 (72)

(229 + 229)	Gb8-18 (230)	Gb8-19 (460)	Gb8-20	Gb8-21	Gb8-22	Gb8-23
*Te Pu Mahore (1-13)*					*Te Poko Uri (14-26)*
ALGENIB PERSEI = α Persei (50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8) ~~GIENAH (γ Corvi)~~	σ Persei (51.6)	no star listed (52)	ψ Persei (53.1) ~~ACRUX (α CRUCIS)~~	δ Persei (54.7)	Al Thurayya-27 (Many Little Ones) / Krittikā-3 (Nurses of Kārttikeya) / TAU-ONO (Six Stones) ATIKS = ο Persei, RANA (Frog) = δ Eridani (55.1), CELAENO (16 Tauri), ELECTRA (17), TAYGETA (19), ν Persei (55.3), MAIA (20), ASTEROPE (21), MEROPE (23) (55.6)	*Hairy Head-18 (Cockerel) / Temennu-3 (Foundation Stone)* ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE (28 Tauri), ATLAS (27 Tauri) (56.3)

*May 10 (50)**	11	12	13	14 (499)	15 (365 + 135)	16 (136)
*°May 6 (46)**	7	8	9	10 (130)	11	12
*'April 13 (23)**	4-14 (104)	15 (470)	*16 (314 1½)**	*17 (16 29½)**	(471 - 363)	*19 (29)**
"March 30	31	*"April 1 (11)**	2 (92)	3	Vaitu Nui 4 (471)	5 (460)
354	355	356	357	499 - 141	*471 - 16 7**	360 = 460 - 100
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
SEPT 6	7	8	*9 (172)**	10	11 (254)	12 (72 + 183)
ALKALUROPS (The Herdsman's Lance) = μ Bootis (233.1), ED ASICH (Male Hyena) = ι Draconis (233.2)	NUSAKAN (Pauper's Bowl) = β Cor. Bor. (234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7), ζ Librae (234.9)	θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), GEMMA = α Cor. Bor., ZUBEN ELAKRAB = γ Librae, QIN = δ Serpentis, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8), υ Librae (235.9) ~~SIRRAH (α Andromedae)~~	φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi, τ Librae (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9)	κ Librae (237.2), ι Serpentis (237.4), ψ² Lupi, ρ Oct. (237.5), γ Cor. Borealis, η Librae (237.7), COR SERPENTIS = α Serpentis (237.9) 196.0 = 237.4 - *41.4	π Cor. Borealis, UNUK ELHAIA (Necks of the Serpents) = λ Serpentis (238.1), CHOW = β Serpentis (238.6)	κ Serpentis (239.3), δ Cor. Borealis, TIĀNRŪ = μ Serpentis (239.5), χ Lupi, (239.6), ω Serpentis (239.7), BA (= Pa) = ε Serpentis, χ Herculis (239.8). κ Cor. Borealis, ρ Serpentis (239.9)
... In other words, the ancient Druidic religion based on the oak-cult will be swept away by Christianity and the door - the god Llyr - will languish forgotten in the Castle of Arianrhod, the Corona Borealis. This helps us to understand the relationship at Rome of Janus and the White Goddess Cardea who is ... the Goddess of Hinges who came to Rome from Alba Longa. She was the hinge on which the year swung - the ancient Latin, not the Etruscan year - and her importance as such is recorded in the Latin adjective cardinalis - as we say in English 'of cardinal importance - which was also applied to the four main winds; for winds were considered as under the sole direction of the Great Goddess until Classical times ...
Nov 9	10 (314)	11 ('235)	(8 29½)	13	14	15
*°Nov 5 (329)**	6 (310)	7	8	9	10	11
'Oct 13	14	15 (288)	16	*17 (210)**	18	19
"Sept 29	*30 (193)**	"Oct 1	2	Tangaroa Uri 3 (288)	4	5 (278)
*92	193 - 100	235 - 141	*95	*96	*97	*98

Which means the Pleiades should have been visible close to the Full Moon in day 471 - 183 = 288.

... In view of the almost universal prevalence of the Pleiades year throughout the Polynesian area it is surprising to find that in the South Island and certain parts of the North Island of New Zealand and in the neighboring Chatham Islands, the year began with the new Moon after the yearly morning rising, not of the Pleiades, but of the star Rigel in Orion ...

Perhaps at Te Poko Uri the kuhane implied that in Hiva - the ancient homeland - it was the Pleiades who determined where the new year was beginning. King Hau Maka was sleeping in Hiva and therefore his dream-soul ought to have had Hiva as her frame of reference.

Thus it was probably not Virgo who was visible in that part of the night sky which was corresponding to the southwestern corner of Easter Island; instead it was the Pleiades. And Mirach (the Girdle of Andromeda) was 40 right ascension days earlier than the Many Little Ones (Al Thurayya).

Tangaroa Uri 3 (288) - 40 = 248 (Hora Iti 24) and "October 3 (276) - 40 = 236 (= 8 * 29½) was at "August 24 (248 - 12):

JULY 31	AUG 1	2 (214)	3	*4 (136)**	5	6
... Once upon a time there was an old woman who owned a great potato field (mara) where she planted her potatoes in spring and harvested them in autumn. She was famous all around for her many varieties of wonderful potatoes, and she had enough of them to sell at the market place. She planted her potatoes 7 in a row, placing her foot in front of her as a measure from one potato to the next. Then she marked the place with a bean - which would also give nourishment to the surrounding potatoes. Next she changed variety and planted 7 more followed by another bean, and this was the pattern she followed until all her 214 varieties had been put down in their proper places. She had drawn a map which she followed and from where each sort of potato could be located at the proper time for its harvest ...

Ga5-22	Ga5-23	Ga5-24	Ga5-25 (500 - 135)	Ga5-26 (136)	Ga5-27	Ga5-28
*Tama He Ika Kino He Ihu Roroa (144-156)*		*One Tea (157-169)*
δ Muscae (196.5), VINDEMIATRIX (Grape Gatherer) = ε Virginis (196.8)	13h (197.8) ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9	APAMI-ATSA (Child of Waters) = θ Virginis, ψ Hydrae (198.5), DIADEM = α Com. Ber. (198.9	AL DAFĪRAH (Tuft) = β Com. Ber. (199.4) 158.0 = 199.4 - *41.4	σ Virginis (200.4) 159.0 = 200.4 - *41.4	γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4) 160.0 = 201.4 - *41.4	*Al Simāk-12 (Lofty) / Chitra-14 (Bright One) / Horn-1 (Crocodile) / Sa-Sha-Shirū-20* **(Virgin's Girdle) / ANA-ROTO-3 (Middle pillar) MIZAR = ζ Ursae Majoris (202.4), SPICA = α Virginis, ALCOR = 80 Ursae Majoris (202.7) ~~SADALMELIK (α Aquarii)~~** 161.0 = 202.4 - *41.4

Oct 3	4	5	6	*7 (200)**	8	9 (282)
°Sep 30	°Oct 1	2	3 (275)	*4 (196)**	5	6
'Sept 6	7 (250)	8	9	10	11	*12 (175)**
"Aug 23	*24 (4 59)**	25 (237)	Hora Iti 26 (251)	27	28	Hora Iti 29 (254)
135	136 = 236 - 100	137 = 214 - 77	138	139	140	141 = 282 - 141
... On the twentieth day of the month of August ('Hora Iti') they went to Papa O Pea. They all went and came to Papa O Pea, looked around in Papa O Pea, and gave the name 'Papa O Pea A Hau Maka'. They stayed five days in Papa O Pea. On the twenty-sixth day of the month of August ('Hora Iti') they went from Papa O Pea to Ahu Akapu. They all went and reached Ahu Akapu. They looked around and gave the name 'Ahu Akapu A Hau Maka'. They also saw (all of) Te Pito O Te Kainga, looked around, and gave (the whole island) the name 'Te Pito O Te Kainga A Hau Maka'. [E:30] They made camp [he noho] and rested [he hakaora] at Ahu Akapu for two days. On the twenty-ninth day of the month of August ('Hora Iti') they went on to Pu Pakakina. They arrived, remained there, and gave the name 'Pu Pakakina A Ira'. They remained one month in Pu Pakakina. [E:31] ... 232 ("August 20) + 10 + 2 = 244 (Hora Iti 20), I suppose. ... 1842 (my assumed epoch for rongorongo) - 1582 (birth of the Gregorian calendar) = 260 and 260 / 133 = ca 2 days. I.e., "August 1 (213) could in my assumed Julian calendar of the Explorers have been Hora Iti 13 (225). 15 * 15 = 225 = 213 + 10 (lost days in 1582) + 2 ... This means 244 (Hora Iti 20) + 5 (five days in Papa O Pea) = 249 → right ascension day of Antares at the time of rongorongo ... 249 (right ascension day of Antares at the time of rongorongo) + 2 (days at Ahu Akapu) = 251 (Hora Iti 26), and then 251 + 29 (one month in Pu Pakakina) = 280 (40 weeks).
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
JAN 30	31	FEBR 1	2	3	4 (400)	5 (36)
no star listed (14)	1h (15.2) β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), η Ceti, ζ Phoenicis (15.7)	*Al Batn Al Hūt-26 (Belly of the Fish) / Revati-28 (Prosperous) / 1-iku (Field Measure)* MIRACH (Girdle) = β Andromedae, KEUN MAN MUN (Camp's South Gate) = φ Andromedae (16.0), ANUNITUM = τ Piscium (16.5), REVATI (Abundant) = ζ Piscium (16.9) ~~REGULUS (α Leonis)~~	ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6) 342.0 = 383.4 - 41.4 = 159.0 + 183.0*	no star listed (18)	ADHIL (Garment's Train) = ξ Andromedae (19.3), θ Ceti (19.7)	KSORA (Knee) = δ Cassiopeiae (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8)
April 4	5 (460)	6	7	8	*9 (384)**	10 (100)
°March 31	°April 1 (91)	2	3	4	5	*6 (16)**
'March 8	9	*10 (354)**	11	12	13 (72)	3-14
"Febr 22 (53)	TERMINALIA	*24 (340)**	25	26	27	28
*238	*239	340 - 100	*241	*242	384 - 141	*244

It rained for 40 days and 40 nights, as I remember it.