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- ↑ Queensland Multicultural Center, 7 Apr 2024 - Pasifika Wave presents Marks of Mana
- ↑ The Guardian, Sat 30 Jan 2021 - We had no paper, but we had our bodies': the sacred and symbolic in Polynesian tattoos - Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson
- ↑ NZ on Screen - Marks of Mana
- ↑ Omny.fm, 20 Nov 2020 - Pacific Media Network, Description
- ↑ Omny.fm, 20 Nov 2020 - Pacific Media Network, Lisa Taouma - "Marks of Mana" wins Best Pasifika Programme at New Zealand TV Awards 2020.
- ↑ Digital Pasifik - Pese o le tatau
- ↑ Radio New Zealand, 14 October 2018 - Marks of Mana: the first film dedicated to female tattooing in the Pacific
- ↑ Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 21 June 2021 - Marks of Mana
- ↑ Queensland Multicultural Center, 7 Apr 2024 - Pasifika Wave presents Marks of Mana
- ↑ NZ on Screen - Marks of Mana, Credits