Hill, RodrigoRoa, TomMortensen Steagall, MNesteriuk, S2023-01-252023-01-252022-12-312744-4015https://hdl.handle.net/10289/15449The words above are from the poem Māori King Tawhiao wrote expressing his love for his homelands of the Waikato and the region known today as the King Country. The words translate to: “I look down on the valley of Waikato, As though to hold it in the hollow of my hand.” Now imagine a large-scale photograph depicting a close-up frame of cupped hands trying to hold something carefully.application/pdfenThis research report has been published online by AUT - Auckland University of Technology School of Art & Design, Te Ara Auaha Communication Design Department. Used with permission.photographywanāngaplace-makingKaupapa MāoriConference Contribution10.24135/link2022.v3i1.188