Soldier's services today

Lt Tim O'Donnell's casket is unloaded during a ramp ceremony at Ohakea. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Three services will be held today for Lieutenant Tim O'Donnell, the New Zealand soldier slain in Afghanistan.

His funeral will be held at 1pm at Linton Military Camp, near Palmerston North, while at the same time a service will be held at Burnham Military Camp, near Christchurch, for members of his unit unable to make the Linton service.

Members of the public are invited to attend a 1pm Service of Remembrance at St Paul's Cathedral, in Wellington.

The New Zealand Flag will be flown at half-mast on all government and public buildings to mark the funeral.