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We should notice that Ha5-18 and Hb2-35 are related not only visually, they are 500 glyphs apart:

497
Ha5-18 (234) Hb2-33 (732) Hb2-34 Hb2-35 (734) Hb2-35 (735)
500

Ha5-18 is the last in a triplet (234 / 3 = 78), while Hb2-35 has an earlier position. 78 (= 6 * 13) and 732 / 3 = 244 (= 4 * 61). 501 / 3 = 167.

If we add 181 and 167 we will have 348 = 12 * 29 days:

540
Hb7-31 Hb7-32 (988) Ha5-17
181
161
Ha5-18 Ha5-19 Ha5-20 (236) Hb2-33 (732) Hb2-34 Hb2-35
167

432 - 348 = 84 = 3 * 28. The days do not seem to be correctly located. The centrally positioned day ought to be day number 79 counted from Ha1-1:

Ha5-19 Ha5-20 (236) Ha5-21
78⅓ 78⅔ 79

But then we should rearrange the preceding glyphs into:

538
Hb7-31 Hb7-32 (988) Hb7-33 Hb7-34 Ha5-17 Ha5-18 (234)
329 329⅓ 329⅔ 330 77⅔ 78
1 180

Hb7-32 will be the first glyph of waxing sun, and - it seems - the first glyph in a triplet defining an intercalated day.

In the other direction, beyond Ha5-21, we will have:

290
Ha5-22 (238) Ha5-23 Ha5-24 (240) Ha10-29 (531)
79⅓ 79⅔ 80 96⅔ 177 = 6 * 29.5
Ha10-30 (532) Ha10-31 Ha10-32 Ha10-33 Ha10-34 (536)
177⅓ 177⅔ 178 178⅓ 178⅔

Ariki at Ha10-29 (alluding to 290 glyphs from glyph number 240 to glyph number 531 is a very clear message. 6 kuhane stations (177 days) will be translated into 531 glyphs, viz. 18 * 29.5, and sun is fading away (pare in Ha10-31). Half a maitaki 'ball' is at left in Ha10-30 (maybe alluding to 300 days for the sun).

Triplets of glyphs are filled when the ordinal number is divisible by 3, cfr Ha5-21 and Ha10-29. This means Ha10-35 will be the last in a triplet:

195
Ha10-33 Ha10-34 Ha10-35 (537) Ha10-36 Hb2-35 (734) Hb2-36
178⅓ 178⅔ 179 179⅓ 65 244⅔ 245
3
Hb2-37 Hb2-41 (740) Hb2-42 Hb2-43 (742) Hb2-44 Hb2-45
245⅓ 1 246⅔ 247 247⅓ 247⅔ 248
Hb2-46 (745) Hb2-47 Hb2-48 Hb3-1 Hb3-2 Hb3-3 (750)
248⅓ 248⅔ 249 249⅓ 249⅔ 250
Hb3-4 (751) Hb3-5 Hb3-6 Hb3-7 Hb3-8 Hb3-9 (756)
250⅓ 250⅔ 251 251⅓ 251⅔ 252

Earlier we have identified a gap in time between Hb3-5 and Hb3-6, and suggested it means the gap between the old and new year. Now we can add that it happens after completing a season with 250 days.

To complete

Hb3-10 (757) Hb3-11 Hb3-12 Hb3-13 Hb3-14 Hb3-15 (762)
252⅓ 252⅔ 253 253⅓ 253⅔ 254
220
Hb3-16 Hb3-17 Hb3-18 (765) Hb7-30 (986) Hb7-31 (987)
254⅓ 254⅔ 255 73⅓ 328⅔ 329

If we insert the end of side b and use days:

101
Hb7-32 (988) Hb7-33 Hb7-34 Hb10-47 Hb10-48 Hb10-49 (1296)
329⅓ 329⅔ 330 431⅓ 431⅔ 432
103
Ha1-1 Ha1-2 Ha1-3 Ha1-4 Ha1-5 Ha1-6
1 1⅓ 1⅔ 2
223
Ha1-7 Ha1-8 Ha1-9 Ha5-17 (233) Ha5-18 (234)
2⅓ 2⅔ 3 74⅓ 77⅔ 78

103 measures days from Hb7-32 to the end of side b, and 3 * 26 = 78 measures days from the beginning of side a up to Ha5-19:

Ha5-19 Ha5-20 (236) Ha5-21
78⅓ 78⅔ 79

There are honu glyphs at the beginning and at the end:

541
Hb7-32 Ha5-18

Then follows two central days (Ha5-19--24):

Ha5-19 Ha5-20 (236) Ha5-21 Ha5-22 (238) Ha5-23 Ha5-24 (240)
78⅓ 78⅔ 79 79⅓ 79⅔ 80

A sort of calendar then comes:

Ha5-25 (241) Ha5-26 Ha5-27 Ha5-28 Ha5-29 Ha5-30
80⅓ 80⅔ 81 81⅓ 81⅔ 82
Ha5-31 Ha5-32 Ha5-33 Ha5-34 Ha5-35 Ha5-36 (252)
82⅓ 82⅔ 83 83⅓ 83⅔ 84
278
Ha10-29 (531)
176⅔ 177 = 6 * 29.5