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Stephen Innes
Special Collections Librarian
General Library / Te Herenga Matauranga Whanui
University of Auckland

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I read all of the finding aids and called for as many files as I could read in the time I was in Auckland.
No file explicitly about the closure of the Pacific Islands Settlement Scheme. There are some resettlement files--moving the inhabitants of Nikumaroro to Nikumaroro Village in the Solomons.
No hint of correspondence about exhuming Gallagher.
No bones, sextant boxes or records of inquests concerning the death of a castaway on Gardner Island (that is to say, none that I could find in 2003).

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+== Background ==
+* The archives moved with WPHC headquarters from Fiji to Honiara.
+* Closed in 1976-1978 and shipped to England.
+* Shipped from England to Auckland and opened to the public in 2003.
+== 2003 Bones Search ==
 * I read all of the finding aids and called for as many files as I could read in the time I was in Auckland.
-* No file explicitly about the closure of PISS. There are the resettlement files I found.
+* No file explicitly about the closure of the [[Pacific Islands Settlement Scheme]]. There are some resettlement files--moving the inhabitants of Nikumaroro to Nikumaroro Village in the Solomons.
 * No hint of correspondence about exhuming Gallagher.
-* No bones or boxes or inquests into events on Gardner Island.
+* No bones, sextant boxes or records of inquests concerning the death of a castaway on Gardner Island (that is to say, none that I could find in 2003).