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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1028/
- Published: 2024-08-16T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-16T18:29:59.000Z
- Description: His mother Vicki Lawrence says he was given the send-off of a “true gentleman”.
- Author: Cam Slater
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Kiwi chopper pilot Glen Malcolm Conning, who was shot down by gunmen in [West Papua](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-zealand-helicopter-pilot-killed-by-papua-rebels-named-as-glen-malcolm-conning/UJCJHADFSJGFXMA37522NUYAHQ/?ref=goodoil.news) last week, has been laid to rest in his hometown.  
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> His funeral, which reportedly drew 300 people from across New Zealand and overseas, was held in Motueka yesterday. It featured a helicopter entry and rousing haka.  
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> According to the ABC, his mother Vicki Lawrence said he was given the send-off of a “true gentleman”.  
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> Local police said Conning, a 50-year-old from [Motueka](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/motueka/?ref=goodoil.news), was [gunned down by separatist rebels in Indonesia’s easternmost region](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/papua-rebels-kill-new-zealand-helicopter-pilot-police-say/3FO7JKTH3BDQ7JSTJIFCOFBRWE/?ref=goodoil.news) of Papua after landing in an isolated area on August 5.  
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> NZ Herald

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