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The last kuhane station mentioned in the text of G is Hanga Takaure. According to 'Excursion' in the poporo 'chapter' of the glyph dictionary:

 

 
The last kuhane station in the text of G is Hanga Takaure:
 
15. Hanga Takaure
Ga1-1 (472)

Hanga Takaure is a bay located on the south coast of the island, and in the north is the high Poike. The kuhane is a dream soul, a woman following the path of the moon, which is rising in the west and descending in the east (having moved in a direction opposite to that of the sun).

The first kuhane station is Nga Kope Ririva at the southwestern corner of the island, and the order of the stations is determined from that point. The 16th station is Poike, and to get there the direction must change at Hanga Takaure. From a steady movement in northeasterly direction along the southern coastline the movement now must change into a climbing one, a movement characterizing the rising sun.

Side a of the G tablet is associated with the sun and side b with the moon. Ga1-1 is therefore positioned exactly right for it to represent Hanga Takaure.

The last glyph on side b, Gb8-30, is the point from which to count to Hanga Te Pau (366). The origin of the sun is at the last glyph on side b. For moon it is the opposite - the end of the moon is the first glyph on side a.

 

Gb8-30 (1) Ga1-1 (472)

On the other hand there is a profound difference: Moon ends her journey at the same glyph as where her journey began, while the journey of the sun (at least as far as have been ascertained so far) ends when there are still 8 * 13 = 104 glyphs left:

 

364 = 28 * 13 104 = 8 * 13
Gb8-30 (1) Gb5-12 (366) Gb8-30 (1)
470
Ga1-1 (1) Ga1-1 (472)
472 = 8 * 59

There are two hanga glyphs for the moon, but only one for the sun. As if to compensate Gb8-30 clearly shows two (although being a singular entity).

There are 2 glyphs for each day in Tahua and we should count 2 * 472 = 944. After reducing with 42 (which are glyphs at the end of side b) we have 902 left. But side a has no more than 670 glyphs and we must continue on to side b and there count to glyph number 232.

42 + 670 + 167 + 65 = 944 = 2 * 472: We conclude that Ab3-65 should be at Hanga Te Pau:

 
a1 90 b1 82 167
a2 85 b2 85
a3 76 b3 77 65
12
a4 82 b4 80
a5 83 b5 80
a6 84 b6 92
a7 85 b7 84
a8 85 b8 84
sum 670 sum 664

A double ihe tau glyph serves as the mark (together with the following Ab3-66):

Ab3-58 Ab3-59 Ab3-60 Ab3-61 Ab3-62
Ab3-63 Ab3-64 Ab3-65 (944) Ab3-66 Ab3-67
Ab3-68 Ab3-69 Ab3-70 Ab3-71 Ab3-72

Most interesting is to find 3-65 and 3-66 here at Hanga Takaure, the moon equivalent of Hanga Te Pau, because the numbers probably allude to 365 and 366.

Once again ihe tau appears (earlier at Aa7-4 marking Hua Reva). The end of the 2nd half of the cycle apparently could be announced here. At the same time Rei in Ab3-60 ('360') is enabling the next cycle and at Ab3-62 (hanau) the birth (hanau) is illustrated.

Hanau

1. Race, ethnic group. Hanau eepe, the thick-set race; hanau momoko, the slender race (these terms were mistranslated as 'long-ears' and 'short-ears'). 2. To be born. Hanau tama, pregnant woman; vī'e hanau poki, midwive (also: vī'e hakaa'u). Vanaga.

To be born; vie hanau, midwife. Churchill.

Maybe the top part of tara glyphs, as in Ab3-61, means hanga?

Ab3-61 Ga1-1

And when we have observed this, we will find another similarity:

Ab3-58 Gb8-30