Two funerals in Wanaka at the weekend highlight what the country's conservation effort has lost, in addition to the loss suffered by each individual family.

Alpine Helicopters director and pilot Nick Wallis was the first to be given a send-off, at the company's hangar at Wanaka Airport on Saturday.

And yesterday, Department of Conservation senior ranger Paul Hondelink's funeral was at the same venue.

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