Arā anō te reo o te kanohi, tae atu ki te kori o te tinana. Tērā pea kua titiro pī, kua tīkoro rānei ngā whatu, kua puku rānei te rae, kua hī ngā pewa, kua menemene rānei ngā pāpāringa. Arā anō te rūrū me te tūngoungou o te māhunga, te rere o ngā ringa, tae atu pea ki te āhua tonu o te tū a te tangata. Koinei anō ētahi tohu kāore e taea te whakaatu i roto i tētahi pukapuka pēnei, engari he tino hoa haere kōtui nō te kīwaha (HKK 1999:7). / Then there's facial expressions and body movements. Perhaps looking askance, rolling the eyes, or looking angry, raising the eyebrows, or smiling. There's also shaking or nodding the head, using the arms, and even, perhaps, the nature of a person's stance. These are some gestures that can not be shown in a book like this, but go very much hand in hand with idioms.

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