... It grew light [on the 5th day] and Makoi got up. He set out and came to Apina. When he arrived there he gave the name 'This is Apina Iti, this is Rapa Kura.'. He went on and came to Hanga O Ua [Uo]. He gave the name 'This is Hanga O Ua [Uo] of the beautiful wave (vave renga).' Makoi went on, giving names, until he had made a (complete) circle around both sides (of the island). In Apina Nui a stone (maea) was erected [hakatuu], saying that the naming was done on a (round) trip during a single day ... [E:38]

The earth turns 360º around in a single day and when Makoi listed 60 names in his circuit around the whole island in a single day it should mean each of his stations measured 360º / 60 = 6º or approximately 6 of my right ascension days.

Te Hereke was station number 13 and 13 * 6 = 78. This number we will recognize from the tresses of Pachamama, where it was explained as 3 * 26 days:

*Counting the tresses of Pachamama* (the World Mother) from right to left:**
1	26	78	1	29	90
2	26		2	30
3	26		3	31
4	25	104	4	34	124
5	26		5	31
6	27		6	30
7	26		7	29
*Total = 396 = 182 + 214 (= 2 91 + 2 * 16)**
*The key number 78 (= 3 26) equals 288 - 210 (and also 185 - 107).**

According to the epoch which probably was used in the rongorongo texts right ascension day *78 was at Rigel in Orion.

... 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 ...

When they were preparing for the long voyage to Easter Island the royal double-canoe was loaded with all kinds of valuable species. The enumeration began with 39 varieties of yam:

E:62
1	he tara	kura	a Maeha.a Teke
2		rau renga
3		mahihi
4		maito
5		nohu
6		hetuke
7		mama
8		titeve
9		moamoa tara
10		huehue
11	he makere
12	he mariri
13	he tonga

E:63
14		uri	a Maeha.a Teke
15	he pua rau hoho	tea
16		mea
17		para
18	tupere ure
*ADHIL (19)**
20	ravi hakurakura
21	naku
22	takatore
23	ravei
24	he papa	uri
25	he papa	tea
26	he papaki	kahukahu
27		vehivehi
28		papa kura
29	he mamari	kioe
30	he tutae	kioe
31	he kunekune

E:64
32	he tahe	a Maeha. a Teke
*MIRA (33)**
34	he taha
35	he apuka
36	he apuka heu
37	he tuitui koviro
38	he rai atea
39	he rai atanga
40	he ravi kana
*41 he ravi pako (BHARANI 41)**

Clearly there was here a correspondence between the enumerated species of yam on one hand and the right ascension days of important stars on the other. Adhil - at the train of the Andromeda garment and opposite to Spica in Virgo - was not given any yam name. Likewise was Mira (the blinking wonderful star at the neck of Cetus) jumped over 14 days later.

... Although an old constellation, Cetus is by no means of special interest, except as possessing the south pole of the Milky Way and the Wonderful Star, the variable Mira; and from the fact that it is a condensation point of nebulae directly across the sphere from Virgo, also noted in this respect ...

But Bharani (the place of birth - Yoni - in the asterism Musca Borealis) was connected to the last to be mentioned type of yam - 8 days after Mira. And at the opposite side of the sky was Zuben Elgenubi, the Southern Claw in Libra.

18	*ADHIL (19)**	13	*MIRA (33)**	7	*BHARANI (41)**
	*SPICA (202)**		*ARCTURUS (215)**		*ZUBEN ELGENUBI (224)**

Bharani was used in Manuscript E in order to give dates for the events, for instance when Hotu A Matua once upon a time had reached Easter Island in day 288:

... At the time of Bharani - i.e. at a precessional depth of 23 right ascension nights later than the time of the Bull - the Entrance Pillar would have been in day 265 (SEPTEMBER 22) + 23 = 288 ("October 15). This fact made me assume Manuscript E was using the time-frame of Bharani, with the Double-canoe of the Sun making Landfall at heliacal Antares (at the time of Bharani) ...

... i te tahi te angahuru marima o te raa.o tangaroa uri i tomo ai.te miro o Hotu.raua ko te miro a Ava rei pua ... [E:74-75]

... On the fifteenth day of the month of October (tangaroa uri) the canoe of Hotu and the canoe of Ava Rei Pua landed ...

*SEPT 20 (183)**	21	EQUINOX	23 (266)	24	25

Ga7-14	Ga7-15	Ga7-16	Ga7-17 (186)	Ga7-18	Ga7-19
*Heart-5 (Fox)* σ Scorpii (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7)	ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM (Club) = ω Herculis (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), SHE LOW (Market Tower) = υ Ophiuchi, Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8)	*Al Kalb-16 (The Heart) / Jyeshtha-18 (Eldest) / ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance pillar)* ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK (Elbow) = λ Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi (249.5), ω Ophiuchi (249.8)	γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7)	HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0)	ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
Nov 23 (327)	24	25	*26 (250)**	27	28
°Nov 19	20 (324)	21	*22 (246)**	23	24
'Oct 27 (300)	28	*29 (222)**	30	31	'Nov 1
"Oct 13	14	Tagaroa Uri 15	16	17 (290)	18

Beyond the last type of yam (at Bharani) came 21 types of kumara (sweet potatoes).

he kumara
1	he hiva matua	a Bau. a Oti.
2	he hiva poki
3	he renga moe tahi teatea
4	he renga moe tahi uriuri
5	he uru omo.
6	he ree aniho.
7	he ha.u pu.uriuri
8	he ha.u.pu.teatea
9	he okeoke
10	he apuka.
11	he ure vai.
12	he paiki.
13	he uriuri.
14	he piu tahi.
15	he tuitui koviro.
16	he aro piro.
17	he pekepeke mea.
18	he pekepeke uri.
19	he aringa rikiriki.
20	he tua tea.
20 he mamari kiakia. *(BEID 62)**

Here the star Beid (the Egg in the Eridanus River, He Mamari Kiakia) was the last one to be mentioned - and notably it was given number 20 instead of the expected 20.

Eggs are always counted in groups of 20 (scores).

18	*ADHIL (19)**	13	*MIRA (33)**	7	*BHARANI (41)**	20	*BEID (62)**
	*SPICA (202)**		*ARCTURUS (215)**		*ZUBEN ELGENUBI (224)**		*LESATH (244)**

And then followed 5 varieties of banana (maika) and 12 varieties of taro [E:67-68]:

... (There were) five hundred baskets of banana shoots, a thousand baskets of taro, fifty bundles of long ti roots, and ten baskets of little kape seedlings ...

he maika
1	he koro tea.	a Teke. a Oti.
2	he hihi.
3	he pukapuka.
4	he pia.
5	he nahoo.
he taro
1	ngeti uri.	a Teke. a Oti.
2	ngeti tea.
3	he ngaatu.
4	he tuitui koviro.
5	he ketu anga mea.
6	he ketu takarua.
7	he teatea.
8	he ngu haha tea.
9	he mango.
10	he hahara rapanui
1	he ti. *(RIGEL 78)**
1	he kape.

By counting 16 days ahead from He Mamari Kiakia (*62) it will become evident that when Beid (ο in Eridanus) returned to visibility after its close encounter with the blinding rays from the Sun this was a Sign for having reached the first star in Orion (Rigel, at his left foot).

I suggest we should understand the dangerous 13th place in the list of Makoi as not corresponding to Rigel but to ο in the Serpent Carrier (*261):

kua tupu te rakau	kua tupu - te kihikihi	te hau tea

Ca4-1 (77)	Ca4-2	Ca4-3
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
μ Aurigae, μ Leporis (77.6)	ĸ Leporis (78.0), RIGEL (Foot) = β Orionis (78.1), Flaming Star = IC405 (78.2), CAPELLA = α Aurigae (78.4), ο Columbae, τ Orionis (78.8) 37.0 = 78.4 - 41.4 ~~THUBAN (α Draconis)~~*	λ Aurigae (79.0), λ Leporis (79.6), ρ Aurigae (79.7) ~~ARCTURUS (α Bootis)~~

June 6 (157 = 314 / 2)	*7 (78)**	*8 (4 29½ + 41)**
*'May 10 (50 = 77 - 27)**	11	12 (132 = 118 + 14)
*"April 26 (36 = 77 - 41)**	27	28 (118)
*APRIL 3 (13 = 77 - 64)**	4	5 (95 = 118 - 23)
DAY 77	*78 (= 6 13)**	79
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
Dec 6 (340 = 157 + 183)	*7 (261 = 78 + 183)**	*8 (342 = 2 171)**
NODUS I = ζ Draconis (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), RAS ALGETHI = α Herculis (260.8)	SARIN = δ Herculis (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4) 220.0 = 261.4 - 41.4 ~~ALRISHA (α Piscium)~~*	ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9) 221.0 = 262.4 - *41.4
DAY 260	*261 (= 9 29)**	262

179

te kiore - te inoino

kua oho te rima kua kai - ihe nuku hoi

Tupu te toromiro

kua noho te vai

E:56
1	Banana shoots	*te huri maika*
2	Taro seedlings	*te uru taro*
3	Sections of Sugarcane	*tepupura toa*
4	Yam roots	*te uhi*
5	Sweet potatoes	*te rau kumara*
6	Hauhau trees	*te hauhau*
7	Paper Mulberry trees	*te mahute*
8	Sandalwood trees	te naunau
Nau. Sandalwood which used to grow on the steep slopes of the coast: nau opata. Vanaga. The Sandalwood (Santalum) tree. During the birdman ceremonies at Orongo, a piece of sandalwood was tied to the arm with which the victorious birdman held up the egg of the sooty tern.
9	Toromiro trees	te toromiro
Toromiro. Sophora toromiro, a tree endemic to Easter Island and preferably used for wood carving. Hard, finely grained, reddish wood. Heyerdahl 3. Tree (Sophora tetraptera) anciently used for sculpting the statuettes called moai toromiro. Vanaga. The heaviest and hardest wood, it is used for tapa beaters T. Churchill. Sophera toromiro. The hard wood of the toromiro tree was the most important material for all kinds of wood, work, from the construction of houses and of canoes to the manufacture of sculptures and other items. Barthel 2.
10	Ferns	*te riku*
11	Rushes	*te ngaatu*
12	Yellow roots	*te pua*
13	Tavari plants	*te tavari*
14	Moss	*te para*
15	Nga Oho plants	*te ngaoho*
16	Grass	te mauku tokoa

Ca10-4

Ca10-5 (260)

Ca10-6 (9 * 29)

Ca10-7

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

Mula-19 (The Root)

SABIK (The Preceding One) = η Ophiuchi (259.7), η Scorpii (259.9)

NODUS I = ζ Draconis (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), RAS ALGETHI = α Herculis (260.8)

SARIN = δ Herculis (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4)

*220.0 = *261.4 - *41.4

~~ALRISHA (α Piscium)~~

ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9)

*221.0 = *262.4 - *41.4

Dec 5

8 (342 = 2 * 171)

'Nov 8

10 (314)

Tagaroa Uri 25

"Oct 26

27 (300)

... Ira, Raparenga, Uure, Nonoma, and Ringiringi got up [he ea] and left [went to, he oho] the 'Dark abyss [te poko uri] of Hau Maka' (i.e., Rano Kau), arrived at Hanga Te Pau, put the canoe into the water [he hoa i te vaka], and sailed off to [went to, he oho] Hiva, to Maori. Ira left [for Hiva, for Maori, i ōho ai a Ira.ki hiva.ki maori] on the twenty-fifth day of the month of October ('Tangaroa Uri') ... [E:86]

Rigel corresponded to the 11th taro variant and this was named he ti.

Possibly it means we should read the word tingaanga as ti-ngaanga:

... The terns calmly circled [ka hiri nō.te manu tara] above the king when he arrived [e oho.era]. King Hotu came along and reached Te Tingaanga O Te Hereke (literally, 'the meeting place of the dangerous one' ?) ... [E:1003]