The medallion on the Wellington Wai Memorial is the traditional design of the pelican plucking its breast to feed it? young with its own blood—the symbol oi sacrifice.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4030, 9 June 1931, Page 74
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28Untitled Otago Witness, Issue 4030, 9 June 1931, Page 74
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