Taaniko Nordstrom (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Rongomaiwahine, Waikato-Tainui) is one of the masterminds behind the critically-acclaimed Soldiers Rd Portraits. Āe, it’s true when they say that “a picture says a thousand words” – but what happens when portraiture itself is used to facilitate cultural reconnection? What stories do the portraits of the pantheon of culturally-disengaged Māori nationwide tell? What can we learn from them? This is Taaniko’s story.

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