thereabouts working on his own.... I qualified that before. Working
on your own is a relative term. At all stages there would be
somebody adjacent for your own safety and well-being. I did not at
any stage see Ian Gemmell Capt. Gemmell or Ian Wood or David Graham
in total isolation in any part of the wreckage."

Then there is mention of material that may have been returned by Captain
Gemmell to New Zealand--

"You heard question the other day concerning Capt. Gemmell
returning from McMurdo with an envelope containing property can you
tell us about that.... At the stage that Capt. Gemmell was
returning to N.Z. he was asked by the Chief Inspector of Accidents
if he would return to N.Z. with one or more envelopes I cannot
recall how many containing photos and perhaps other information to
be used in the conduct of the inquiry at a later date but
specifically at that early date the intention was for Capt. Gemmell
to brief the Minister and the Dir. of CAD and senior execs, of Air
N.Z. as to what had transpired at that early date in the
investigation. As Mr Chippindale would be staying in the Ant. and
the remainder of his team would be with him or else in the US.

What about private property.... The envelopes which Capt. Gemmell
return to N.Z. with may have contained some documentation from the
crash site which was beginning to return in significant quantities
from the various people on the crash site including the police."

The following portion of the cross-examination then refers to documents
described as "the technical crews flying records, the collection of log
books, licences and other relevant documentation". He said that at first