New Zealand Special Air Service
（重定向自NZSAS）
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![New Zealand Special Forces escorting a port survey team in East Timor](/Images/godic/202501/30/NZSAS_East_Timor2518.jpg")
![The casket of Corporal Douglas Grant at Papakura Army Camp](/Images/godic/202501/30/Corporal_Doug_Grant_carried_to_the_Papakura_Cenotaph_-_Flickr_-_NZ_Defence_Force2518.jpg")
The New Zealand Special Air Service, abbreviated as the NZSAS, was formed on 7 July 1955 and is the special forces unit of the New Zealand Army, closely modelled on the British Special Air Service (SAS). It traces its origins to the Second World War and the famous Long Range Desert Group that a number of New Zealanders served with.