Māori Grammar
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Hei can be used to talk about a future location - that is, where someone or something will be.
Hei te marae rātou.
They will be at the marae.
This is the future location marker which is the equivalent of i (where something was located) and kei (where something is now).
Hei can also be used to talk about a "location" in time - that is, when someone or something will be:
Hei āpōpō au tae mai ai.
I will come tomorrow.
Hei tērā Mane rātou tae mai ai.
They arrive next Monday.
It is common to say that someone will do something in the future without hei:
Ka haere ahau ki te hokomaha a tērā wiki.
I will go to the supermarket next week.
But hei... ai is used to emphasise the time (in a similar way to how the agent emphatic emphasises the person doing the action):
Hei tērā wiki ka haere ai au ki te hokomaha.
It will be next week that I will go to the supermarket.
Hei tērā Mane rātou tae mai ai, arā, hei te 2 o Pēpuere.
They arrive next Monday, that is, on the 2nd of February.Hei āpōpō tāua kite anō ai i a tāua.
Tommorow we'll see each other again.Hei āpōpō, ka ora ake koe.
You'll feel better tomorrow.Hei āpōpō haere atu ai au ki te tāone.
Tomorrow I am going to town.Hei āpōpō pānui au ai i ētahi pukapuka reo Māori.
Tomorrow I will read some Māori books.