A funeral for Nick Wallis, the pilot who was killed in a helicopter crash in Wanaka last Thursday is set to be held at Wanaka Airport on Saturday.

Nick Wallis was killed alongside Department of Conservation workers Paul Hondelink and Scott Theobold in the crash.

It happened moments after the helicopter took off from the airport.

The remains of the men were taken to Christchurch for postmortems on Friday.

Dates for funerals for the other two men haven't been confirmed.

The helicopter wreckage is now in Wellington being examined by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission.

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