hēpene
1. (loan) (noun) halfpenny, ha'penny - a former bronze coin worth half a penny.
Kua riro mai i a tātou, ngā tino kūare, kē ake i a rātou, te hokonga o ngā whenua, ki te rua pene me te hēpene, i runga anō i tō tātou mōhiotanga (TW 12/2/1875:4). / We are more foolish than them in selling our land at two pence and half pence, although we had more knowledge.