8 * 29.5 = 236

9 * 29.5 = 265.5

10 * 29.5 = 295

12 * 29.5 = 354

16 * 29.5 = 472

"The king arose from his sleeping mat and said to all the people: 'Let us go to Orongo so that I can announce my death!' The king climbed on the rock and gazed in the direction of Hiva, the direction in which he had travelled (across the ocean). The king said: 'Here I am and I am speaking for the last time.'

The people (mahingo) listened as he spoke. The king called out to his guardian spirits (akuaku), Kuihi and Kuaha, in a loud voice: 'Let the voice of the rooster of Ariana crow softly. The stem with many roots (i.e., the king) is entering!' The king fell down, and Hotu A Matua died.

Then all the people began to lament with loud voices. The royal child, Tuu Maheke, picked up the litter and lifted (the dead) unto it. Tuu Maheke put his hand to the right side of the litter, and together the four children of Matua picked up the litter and carried it.

He and his people formed a line and went to Akahanga to bury (the dead) in Hare O Ava. For when he was still in full possession of his vital forces, A Matua had instructed Tuu Maheke, the royal child, that he wished to be buried in Hare O Ava. They picked him up, went on their way, and came to Akahanga.

They buried him in Hare O Ava. They dug a grave, dug it very deep, and lined it with stones (he paenga). When that was done, they lowered the dead into the grave. Tuu Maheke took it upon himself to cover the area where the head lay. Tuu Maheke said, 'Don't cover the head with coarse soil (oone hiohio)'. They finished the burial and sat down." (Manuscript E according to Barthel 2)

... Hatinga Te Kohe probably means the rule of the sun is broken, i.e. it is the moon queen who has broken his rule. But the sun is already dead and buried in the earth, at Akahanga:

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Akahanga			Hatinga Te Kohe

Moon is taking command by acting at Hatinga Te Kohe, nobody will rule unless she does. At the end of glyph line Gb3 growth has reached to its limit (pau), but sun died already before that. Evidently it takes some time from the death of sun until the effects of his healthy rays have abated:

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Moving backwards we will find the first signs of what will happen already at midsummer, with the downturn at Te Pei. From there his strength is declining.

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Te Pei		Te Pou

Indeed, some say sun vanished at the apex of midsummer - it is no longer the real sun who is shining in the sky. Te Pou is the last of the kuhane stations with a definite article, and presumably it means the soul of the sun has risen into the night sky to become the magnificent Te Pou. Sirius is probably not visible until Te Pou.

His earthly stand-in, the king of the island, rules from midsummer, as if he was the sun. Evidently he is not without success, because growth continues. Then he makes a fatal move, he drinks water at Hua Reva - and everybody understands he is just a mortal (otherwise he should have avoided the sweet water - which quenches fire). From that time he is doomed:

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He is no longer an image of the sun, he is only a sack filled with fluid, like all of us.

11 * 29.5 = 324.5