A body - likely to be missing helicopter pilot Matthew Wallis - has been found in Lake Wanaka, capping off a three-day search.
Police said about 10pm tonight they found and recovered a body, believed to be Matthew Timothy Wallis, from the Stevenson's Arm area of Lake Wanaka.
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He had been missing since Saturday afternoon after what was meant to be a short 15-minute flight.
The Police National Dive Squad and the Navy retrieved the body and some wreckage of a helicopter.