hekenga - descent (heke + nominal suffix -nga)
Kāore au e haere i te hekenga o te ua.I won't go because of the falling rain.Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Ka mutu ngā tohutohu iho a Tama-te-kapua ki te teina, ko te hekenga atu ki raro, ka haere ki te roro o te whare, noho tatari mai ai ki te teina.After Tama-te-kapua had finished his instructions to his brother, he descended and went to the porch of the house, crouching in wait for his brother.
