Please answer the following question: Facts:   - training: elam auckland -lrb- bfa , 1984 ; mfa , 2003 ; school docfa , 2013 -rrb- of fine arts at the university of    - birth name: fiona dorothy cameron    - field: photography      - awards: arts gold art award -lrb- 1991 , 1997 -rrb- foundation laureate award -lrb- 2011 -rrb- , visa    - birth date: 1961    - name: fiona pardington    - nationality: new zealander    - website: http://fionapardington.blogspot.co.nz/    - birth place: devonport , new zealand   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of fiona pardington .
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fiona pardington d.f.a. -lrb- born in 1961 , devonport , new zealand -rrb- is a new zealand artist , her principal medium being photography .she is of māori -lrb- ngāi tahu , kāti mamoe and ngāti kahungunu -rrb- and scottish -lrb- clan cameron of erracht -rrb- descent .