Greg Gilpin has just retired after 46 years in the police force. Through his work, he has witnessed many key New Zealand events. He was one of the officers who led the body recovery operation on Mount Erebus in 1979 and was involved in the aftermath of the sinking of both the Wahine and the Russian cruise liner Mikhail Lermontov as well as policing the Springbok tour protests.
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