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Next link, which leads to Tama, is very important, because here a revised model is introduced, a model which changes 29.5 into 29 at half the stations and 30 for the other stations.

 

Tama

14 * 29.5 = 413

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Gb6-3 (385) Gb6-4 Gb6-5 Gb6-28 Gb7-1 Gb7-2 Gb7-3 (413)
29
53
Ab1-58 (769) Ab2-30 Ab2-31 Ab2-32 Ab2-33 (826) Ab2-34

With 29.5 days per station it is obvious that the only rational way is to alternate between months which are 29 and 30 days long. The problem cannot be avoided in Tahua if 2 glyphs always must correspond to 1 day. We should there find a pattern where the stations alternate between 58 and 60 glyphs. Presumably Roto Iri Are should have 29 glyphs in G and 58 in A (to minimize the length of the dark chaotic period):

Roto Iri Are

13 * 29.5 = 383.5

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Gb5-2 Gb5-3 Gb5-4 Gb5-28 Gb5-29 Gb6-1 (383)
29
53
Aa8-84 (710) Ab1-53 Ab1-54 (765) Ab1-55 Ab1-56 (767)
58
Tama

14 * 29.5 = 413

23
Gb6-2 (384) Gb6-3 (385) Gb6-4 Gb6-28 Gb7-1 Gb7-2 Gb7-3 (413)
30
53
Ab1-57 (768) Ab1-58 Ab2-30 Ab2-31 Ab2-32 Ab2-33 (826) Ab2-34
60

The pattern could be that months (stations) with an even number of multiples should have 30 days and those with odd multiples should have 29 days - easy to remember. If we use alternating 29 / 30 (respectively 58 / 60) glyphs for the earlier tabulated kuhane stations, from Te Pei to Hatinga Te Kohe, we will get the results which are shown separately for G respectively for A.

The link to G leads to a page which 'proves' the new model to be correct. Furthermore, the 'name glyphs' for the stations are relocated from the end to the beginning of the glyph sequences. These two improvements together are necessary for the new model to work as it should:

 

 

I decided to take the opportunity of changing the 'net' so that counting begins with Gb8-30 (which worked so well for Hanga Te Pau and which also is necessary in order to put Gb5-1 at the beginning of Hatinga Te Kohe). Furthermore, with Gb5-1 as the first glyph of Hatinga Te Kohe also the other stations should be rearranged so that multiples of 29.5 are located as first glyphs of the stations:

Te Pei

8 * 29.5 = 236

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Gb1-6 (236) Gb1-7 Gb1-8 Gb1-9 Gb2-8 Gb2-9 (265)
30

Judging from the appearance of the glyphs Gb2-9 ought to belong to Te Pou, and Te Pei (the dark station) have 29 glyphs. On the other hand, it can be made plausible to have Gb2-9 at the end of Te Pei.

Te Pou

9 * 29.5 = 265.5

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Gb2-10 (266) Gb2-11 Gb2-12 Gb3-2 Gb3-3 (294)
29

Gb3-3 is similar to Gb2-9 in looking as if it would initiate next kuhane station, but maybe the idea is to connect the end of Te Pou with the beginning of Hua Reva.

Hua Reva

10 * 29.5 = 295

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Gb3-4 (295) Gb3-5 Gb3-6 Gb3-7 Gb4-2 Gb4-3 (324)
30

Gb4-3 is tagata, the end of a season, and at top right is a sign which looks like waves.

Akahanga

11 * 29.5 = 324.5

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Gb4-4 (325) Gb4-5 Gb4-6 Gb4-31 Gb4-32 (353)
29
Hatinga Te Kohe

12 * 29.5 = 354

24
Gb4-33 (354) Gb5-1 Gb5-2 Gb5-3 Gb5-28 Gb5-29 (383)
30

Gb5-2--3 correspond to Gb1-8--9 (exactly 4 months earlier). Gb4-33 must be included to illustrate the break and 30 glyphs are therefore necessary. Tagata in Gb6-2 will be the new beginning and it cannot be the last glyph of Hatinga Te Kohe:

Roto Iri Are

13 * 29.5 = 383.5

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Gb6-2 (384) Gb6-3 Gb6-4 Gb7-1 Gb7-2 (412)
29

Roto Iri Are (the 13th station) has 29 glyphs as expected. And Tama is initiated with tamaiti:

Tama

14 * 29.5 = 413

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Gb7-3 (413) Gb7-4 Gb7-5 Gb7-6 Gb7-31 Gb8-1 (442)
30

We will use this revised model from now on - it obviously is more credible than the earlier suggestions.

Probably there is a calendar for the week which begins with Gb1-26 and possibly it can be arranged like this:

 

Gb1-26 Gb2-1 Gb2-2 Gb2-3 Gb2-4 Gb2-5
Sun Moon Mars
Gb2-6 Gb2-7 Gb2-8 Gb2-9 Gb2-10 Gb2-11
Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn Te Pou

The 'serpent' in Roto Iri Are seems to be Gb6-3 (with 6 * 3 = 18). A conjunction between sun and moon should be expected, and the 'old' (leaning forward) hau tea has both moon and sun 'eyes':

 

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Gb6-2 (384) Gb6-3 Gb6-4 Gb7-1 Gb7-2 (412)

In Gb7-1 moa functions as the angel who announces the annunciation, with tamaiti just around the corner. We can compare Gb7-1 with Aa1-15, also a moa with three ghostly limbs:

 
Aa1-15 Gb7-1

Angels are not true persons, only constructs. Maybe we can coordinate the kuhane stations with the glyphs at the beginning of side a:

 
Te Pei Te Pou Hua Reva Akahanga
Hua Reva Akahanga Hatinga Te Kohe + Roto Iri Are

Aa1-13--15 is a separate text (which can be seen by comparing with H/P/Q).

Hau tea glyphs seem to function as connecting links:

 

   
Gb4-33 Gb5-1 Gb7-2 Gb7-4
Hatinga Te Kohe Roto Iri Are Tama

At Gb7-14 another hau tea possibly defines the end of the story:

Gb7-5 Gb7-6 Gb7-7 Gb7-8 (418) Gb7-9 Gb7-10 Gb7-11
Gb7-12 Gb7-13 Gb7-14 (424) Gb7-15 Gb7-16 Gb7-17

A triplet of tao glyphs, two in Te Pou and one in Tama seem to be connected:

24 133
Gb2-12 (268) Gb3-2 (293) Gb7-17 (427)
160

But also Gb2-32 (an old one) should probably be included. And there are 16 tao glyphs in my glyph catalogue:

Ga1-22 Ga1-25 Ga5-10 Ga6-9 Ga7-14 Ga7-19
Ga8-19 Gb1-24 Gb2-12 Gb2-22 Gb2-32 Gb2-35
 
Gb3-2 Gb7-17 Gb7-23 Gb8-4