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Not only is the moon restricted to the south coast of the island, the sun rules all the way to Hatinga Te Kohe. Only the last 4 glyph lines of the total 16 on the G tablet are ruled by the moon. But all the time she determines the time:

 

1. Nga Kope Ririva 9. Hua Reva
Ga7-8 (177) Gb3-5 (295)
3. Te Poko Uri 11. Hatinga Te Kohe
Ga5-8 (118) Gb5-1 (354)
5. Te Kioe Uri 13. Tama
Ga2-29 (59) Gb7-3 (413)
7. Te Pei 15. Hanga Takaure
Gb1-7 (236) Ga1-1 (472)
2. Te Pu Mahore 10. Akahanga
Ga6-7 (147) Ga6-8 (148) Gb4-4 (324) Gb4-5 (325)
4. Te Manavai 12. Roto Iri Are
Ga4-5 (88) Ga4-6 (89) Gb6-1 (383) Gb6-2 (384)
6. Te Piringa Aniva 14. One Tea
Ga1-29 (29) Ga1-30 (30) Gb8-1 (442) Gb8-2 (443)
8. Te Pou 16. Poike Sun is rising here, and moon stops at 15. Hanga Takaure.
Gb2-10 (265) Gb2-11 (266)

On the other hand, it is possible we should regard their rules to weigh even:

Sun Moon
Ga5-8 Gb1-7 Gb5-1 Ga1-1
3. Te Poko Uri 7. Te Pei 11. Hatinga Te Kohe 15. Hanga Takaure
118 = 4 * 29.5 236 = 8 * 29.5 354 = 12 * 29.5 472 = 16 * 29.5
118 = 4 * 29.5 118 = 4 * 29.5

The missing half (472 - 236 = 236) consists of two equal parts, the distance from Hanga Takaure (Ga1-1) to Te Poko Uri and the distance from Te Pei to Hatinga Te Kohe:

27 28
Ga1-1 Ga1-29 Ga1-30 Ga2-29
1 29 30 59
15. Hanga Takaure 6. Te Piringa Aniva 5. Te Kioe Uri
28 28
Ga4-5 Ga4-6 Ga5-8
88 89 118
4. Te Manavai 3. Te Poko Uri

Moon time runs against the flow of glyphs, sun time with the glyphs. Te Poko Uri, the kuhane station, comes earlier then Te Kioe Uri, and Te Piringa Aniva is the last station on side a, where the head comes off (Ga1-29).

Reading instead with the sun, the lost head (Ga1-29) possibly is the necessary means by which Rei is created, and P(u)oko Uri a later stage in the development of the 'head'. Te Kioe Uri (male) and Manavai (female), are on the way from Te Piringa Aniva to what may be their offspring Te Poko Uri:

Manavai

Hollow where rainwater accumulates; anciently, small, round gardens, preferably situated in low shady spots, where the mahute tree was grown. Vanaga.

1. Brain. 2. Valley, ravine, river, torrent, brook; manavai miro, orchard, Mq.: manavai, valley, brook. Ta.: anavai, river, brook. It scarcely appears that these fully coordinate. In Tahiti anavai has a clear etymology, ana meaning the bed of a stream. In Rapanui and in the Marquesas mana most readily associates with maga, as water in a forked bed. Churchill.

The other segment is initiated with the 'deluge' (Gb1-8):

28 28
Gb1-7 Gb2-10 Gb2-11 Gb3-5
236 265 266 295
7. Te Pei 8. Te Pou 9. Hua Reva
28 28
Gb4-4 Gb4-5 Gb5-1
324 325 354
10. Akahanga 11. Hatinga Te Kohe

Yet, the water which 'quenches' the 'fire' on earth (of the king), Hua Reva, comes later. Te does not disappear until then. At Hatinga Te Kohe the definite article must be used again in order to clarify that the 'staff' is solar in character.

Let us now try to make a grand map:

28 28
28 28
28 28
28 28
28 28
28 28
28 28
28 28
8 * 28 * 2 + 3 * 8 = 448 + 24 = 472

Between Nga Kope Ririrva and Te Pou there may be a dark season:

28 26
Ga7-8 Ga8-3 Ga8-4 Ga8-5 Ga8-6 Gb1-7
177 206 207 208 209 236

Before Te Pei the kuhane visited Te Piringa Aniva, but the order of the G text has put Te Piringa Aniva as the last station at the beginning of side a (between Hanga Takaure and Te Kioe Uri).

At the beginning of side a Te Piringa Aniva may illustrate how a new solar year will begin, with all the people meeting to make it happen. I have tentatively identified Ga8-3--4 with Maunga Hau Epa, the 24th station.