176:. Tangaroa's paintings ignites the discussions about the loss of pre-colonial and pre-Christianity culture in the Cook Islands, how indigenous gods that Cook Islanders once worshipped is turned into mass produced commercial exploitation. Her exhibitions draws large crowds in the Cook Islands.
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102:. She studied photography at the
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