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'Scene of the Wairau massacre'. Colonel Charles Emilius Gold's impression of the scene of what was known to horrified European settlers as the 'Wairau massacre' was painted in 1851, eight years after the event.
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-103-030
Artist: Charles Emilius Gold
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