Makoi named the place Hanga Te Pau, 'the landing site of Ira'. So that they would remember (? he aringa, literally, 'as face'), the open side of Hanga Te Pau was given this name.	he nape mai a Makoi.i te ingoa.ko hanga te pau ko te tomonga o Ira.he aringa.ko mua a hanga te pau.i nape ai te ingoa.
Ira got up. They all climbed to the top of the hill.	he ea.a Ira.he iri he oho ki runga anake.
They climbed up on the tenth day of the month of June 'Maro'.	i te angahuru o te ra o te maro i iri ai.

The name suggests a place with very little water remaining:

Pau 1. To run out (food, water): ekó pau te kai, te vai, is said when there is an abundance of food or water, and there is no fear of running out. Puna pau, a small natural well near the quarry where the 'hats' (pukao) were made; it was so called because only a little water could be drawn from it every day and it ran dry very soon. 2. Va'e pau, clubfoot. Paupau: Curved. Vanaga. 1. Hakapau, to pierce (cf. takapau, to thrust into). Pau.: pau, a cut, a wound, bruised, black and blue. 2. Resin. Mq.: epau, resin. Ta.: tepau, gum, pitch, resin. (Paupau) Hakapaupau, grimace, ironry, to grin. 3. Paura (powder), gunpowder. 4. Pau.: paupau, breathless. Ta.: paupau, id. 5. Ta.: pau, consumed, expended. Sa.: pau, to come to an end. Ma.: pau, finished. 6. Ta.: pau, to wet one another. Mq.: pau, to moisten. Churchill. Paua or pāua is the Māori name given to three species of large edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs which belong to the family Haliotidae (genus Haliotis), known in the USA as abalone, and in the UK as ormer shells ... Wikipedia

... There was no water in the village. The lakes and rivers were dry. Raven and Crow, two young girls who were having their first menstrual courses, were told to go and draw water from the ocean. Finding the journey too long, Raven decided just to urinate into her basket-bucket. She decieved no one and was severly scolded. Crow returned much later but with drinking water. As a punishment, Raven was condemned never to find water in the summer; only in winter would she find something to drink. For that reason the Raven never drinks during the hot months; she speaks with a raucous voice because of her dry throat ...

... In the deep night before the image [of Lono] is first seen, there is a Makahiki ceremony called 'splashing-water' (hi'uwai). Kepelino tells of sacred chiefs being carried to the water where the people in their finery are bathing; in the excitement created by the beauty of their attire, 'one person was attracted to another, and the result', says this convert to Catholicism, 'was by no means good' ...

9 days previously the Sun had reached Castor - a hairy creature who built his house down below the surface of the water - and this was according to Manuscript E also the day when the bow of the canoe of Ira touched land again.

"They are known for their alarm signal: when startled or frightened, a swimming beaver will rapidly dive while forcfully slapping the water with its broad tail, audible over great distances above and below water." (Wikipedia)

MAY 8	9	10 (130)	11	12	13 (*53)
Ga2-18	Ga2-19	Ga2-20 (50)	Ga2-21	Ga2-22	Ga2-23
Ghost-23 (?) ρ Gemini (?) (112.1), Eskimo Nebula = NGC2392 Gemini (112.2)	Al Dhirā'-5 / Punarvasu-7 / Mash-mashu-Mahrū-10 (Western One of the Twins) CASTOR = α Gemini (113.4)	ANA-TAHUA-VAHINE-O-TOA-TE-MANAVA-7 (Pillar for elocution) υ Gemini (114.0), MARKAB PUPPIS = κ Puppis (114.7), ο Gemini (114.8), PROCYON = α Canis Minoris (114.9)	α Monocerotis (115.4), σ Gemini (115.7)	Mash-mashu-arkū-11 (Eastern One of the Twins) κ Gemini (116.1), POLLUX = β Gemini (116.2), π Gemini (116.9)	AZMIDISKE = ξ Puppis (117.4)
July 11	12 (193)	13 (*114)	14	15	16
°July 7	8	9	10	11 (*112)	12 (193)
'June 14	15	16	17 (168)	18	19 (*90)
"May 31	Maro 1 (*72)	2	3 (154)	4	5

Pollux was the Eastern One of the Twins, which should mean his place was in the east at the rising Sun. Lux is obviously equivalent to Light. Castor had therefore to be at the opposite corner, at the horizon in the west.

Far back in time the Gemini twins could have defined where the summer half of the year was ending (at Castor) and then beginning anew (at Pollux).

... In Hindu legend there was a mother goddess called Aditi, who had seven offspring. She is called 'Mother of the Gods'. Aditi, whose name means 'free, unbounded, infinity' was assigned in the ancient lists of constellations as the regent of the asterism Punarvasu. Punarvasu is dual in form and means 'The Doublegood Pair'. The singular form of this noun is used to refer to the star Pollux. It is not difficult to surmise that the other member of the Doublegood Pair was Castor. Then the constellation Punarvasu is quite equivalent to our Gemini, the Twins. In far antiquity (5800 B.C.) the spring equinoctial point was predicted by the heliacal rising of the Twins (see fig. 6.6). By 4700 B.C. the equinox lay squarely in Gemini (fig. 6.7).

Unforgotten are they, these three.	kai viri kai viri.ko raua ana a totoru.	p. 17
And therefore this is the (right) land lying there;	peira tokoa te kainga e moe mai era
this is Te Pito O Te Kainga, which also received its name from the dream soul.	ko te pito o te kainga i nape ai e toona kuhane.
The canoe continued its exploration and in a sweep sailed on to Hanga Te Pau.	hokoou.he rarama he oho te vaka he vari ki hanga.te pau
They went ashore and took	he tomo ki uta.he too
the food with them.	i te kai ki uta.	p. 18
They pulled the canoe onto the beach and left it there.	hee totoi i te vaka ki uta he hakarere.
Ira sat down with all the other (companions)	he noho a ira anake.

... When the Explorers left their old homeland in Vaitu Nui 25 this was probably corresponding to the date "April 25 (115), and at the time of Gregory XIII Cursa would have risen with the Sun 41 - 4 = 37 days later, in °June 1 (152). When the Explorers reached Easter Island it was in Maro 1 ("June 1). We can therefore guess the sea-voyage of the Explorers - which took 37 days = Maro 1 (152) - Vaitu Nui 25 (115) - should be understood as alluding to the precessional distance to their old homeland (Hiva), i.e. from the time of Bharani to the time of Gregory XIII.

The bow of Ira's canoe made landfall 4 days before maitaki in Ca5-12:

time of Gemini
Ca5-5	Ca5-6 (111)	Ca5-7	Ca5-8
kua iri i te rakau	ihe tamaiti	erua mago
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
*110	*111	*112	CASTOR (*113)
July 9	10	11	12 (193)
'June 12	13	14	15 (166)
"May 29	30 (150)	31	Maro 1 (*72)
MAY 6	7	8	9 (129)

Iri 1. To go up; to go in a boat on the sea (the surface of which gives the impression of going up from the coast): he-eke te tagata ki ruga ki te vaka, he-iri ki te Hakakaiga, the men boarded the boat and went up to Hakakainga. 2. Ka-iri ki puku toiri ka toiri. Obscure expression of an ancient curse. Vanaga. Iri-are, a seaweed. Vanaga.