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From One Tea in G we go forward 29.5 glyphs and return to the point of beginning, Hanga Takaure:

 

440 28
Ga1-1 (1) Gb8-1 Gb8-2 (443) Ga1-1 (472)
472 = 8 * 59

The cycle is completed. The white sands of One Tea presumably represents full moon, and then another cycle will begin, that of waning moon.

In A One Tea is finished with a manu kake glyph showing the 'downfall' of waxing moon:

 

One Tea

15 * 29.5 = 442.45

Gb8-1 Gb8-2 (443) Ab3-5 Ab3-6 Ab3-7 Ab3-8 (886)

The resemblance to Te Pei, the halfway station of the cycle, could mean it is at this point waning moon should 'fall':

 
Te Pei

8 * 29.5 = 236

Gb1-6 Gb1-7 (236) Aa6-12 Aa6-13 Aa6-14 Aa6-15 (472)

But the cycle of the moon cannot be finished at One Tea, because only at Hanga Takaure will another 236 glyphs have been used up.

Furthermore, Gb1-6 has 9 + 9 = 18 feathers and also other evidence - most of all the tall figure with light at the top - indicates summer solstice rather than a black new moon. On the other hand, 'full sun' and 'no moon' go hand in hand. In Aa6-14 the little knob at bottom has a horizontal line behind, which suggests solstice.

We must postpone judgment until we know more about the stations on side a of G and the corresponding ones in A. My guess is that waxing sun inhabits side a of G rather than waning moon. Side b seems at first refer to waning sun, later on to young moon.

In A we count 2 * 472 = 944. 944 - 41 = 903. 903 - 670 = 233. In lines b1 and b2 there are 82 respectively 85 glyphs. 233 - 82 - 85 = 66. The last of the two searched for glyphs is Ab3-66

 

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

The cycle from Te Pei to Hanga Takaure can now be listed in full. I have divided the table in two parts, up to Hanga Te Pau and beyond:

 

Te Pei

8 * 29.5 = 236

Gb1-6 Gb1-7 (236) Aa6-12 Aa6-13 Aa6-14 Aa6-15 (472)
Te Pou

9 * 29.5 = 265.5

Gb2-10 Gb2-11 (266) Aa6-72 Aa6-73 Aa6-74 Aa6-75 (532)
Hua Reva

10 * 29.5 = 295

Gb3-4 Gb3-5 (295) Aa7-46 Aa7-47 Aa7-48 Aa7-49 (590)
Akahanga

11 * 29.5 = 324.5

Gb4-4 Gb4-5 (325) Aa8-22 Aa8-23 Aa8-24 Aa8-25 (650)
Hatinga Te Kohe

12 * 29.5 = 354

Gb4-33 Gb5-1 (354) Aa8-79 Aa8-80 Aa8-81 Aa8-82 (708)
Hanga Te Pau
Gb5-11 Gb5-12 (366) Ab1-16 Ab1-17 Ab1-18 Ab1-19 (730)
Roto Iri Are

13 * 29.5 = 383.5

Gb5-29 Gb6-1 (384) Ab1-54 Ab1-55 Ab1-56 Ab1-57 (768)
Tama

14 * 29.5 = 413

Gb7-2 Gb7-3 (413) Ab2-30 Ab2-31 Ab2-32 Ab2-33 (826)
One Tea

15 * 29.5 = 442.45

Gb8-1 Gb8-2 (443) Ab3-5 Ab3-6 Ab3-7 Ab3-8 (886)
Hanga Takaure

16 * 29.5 = 472

Gb8-30 Ga1-1 (472) Ab3-63 Ab3-64 Ab3-65 Ab3-66 (944)

We cannot stop here. We must reiterate also the kuhane stations on side a and put them together with the corresponding A glyphs.

To avoid possible problems with the reversed kuhane order on side a of G, we can begin with Te Puoko Uri, which was not necessary to move and which, we have discovered, presumably occupies a cardinal point:

 
Ga5-8 (118) Ga7-8 (177) Gb1-7 (236) Gb3-5 (295) Gb5-1 (354)
Te Puoko Uri Nga Kope Ririva Te Pei Hua Reva Hatinga Te Kohe