Early Learning Centre
Initiatives that help retain families is the current priority for all NZDF commanders.
How can you
The New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment (NZSAS Regiment) serves the interest of Aotearoa New Zealand.
The NZSAS is a specialist unit within the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). The NZSAS Trust provides an opportunity to support the efforts of its members and their dependents.
The NZSAS Regiment provides surveillance and reconnaissance, combating terrorism, direct action, support and influence capabilities to the NZDF. Since 1955 the unit has been committed by government to operations across the globe.
The demands placed on unit members (and their families) are considerable and as a consequence a charitable trust, the NZSAS Trust, was created to support them.
The NZSAS Trust is your opportunity
to show your support for the NZSAS Regiment
The NZSAS Trust is a tax-registered charitable trust, established in 2004 to look after those who are actively serving or were previously posted to the 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment, including their immediate families.
It also includes any person who has served in the Long Range Desert Group, Special Operations Executive and Z Special Unit.
Our objectives are to:
- Support ex-members into new employment
- Support and provide welfare or financial assistance to maintain a reasonable quality of life
- Fund formal education or vocational training for our ex-service members and their families
- Provide financial support for those who fall on hard times
You can directly support the NZSAS by making a donation or a bequest to the NZSAS Trust.
Find Out How
Stories of Support
Impact and Resilience
The NZSAS Trust Blog is a window into the real-world projects and initiatives we proudly support — work that reflects our commitment to the wellbeing of current and former NZSAS personnel, their whānau, and the wider community.
Our projects
Initiatives that help retain families is the current priority for all NZDF commanders.
View ProjectsFrom specialist recovery centres and convalescent housing, to youth mentorship and early childhood education, these stories highlight how the Trust’s support makes a tangible difference in people’s lives. Each initiative is carefully selected to align with our values of service, resilience, and long-term impact.
Our blog is more than an update — it’s a record of the quiet, consistent ways the NZSAS Trust gives back. Behind each post is a project designed to uplift, restore, or empower those connected to the Regiment and the principles it stands for.
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Mātātoa Rangatahi – Parent and Teen Camp
Strengthening the parent/teen relationship through high adventure in the great outdoors.
Burrows’ Lair – Community Centre
Burrows Lair was originally the physical home of the NZSAS Trust and NZSAS Regimental Association at Papakura Military Camp.
Through the
NZSAS Trust
you can
show your
support
Any amount you contribute, however modest, is hugely appreciated.
The Trust is a registered charity, so any donation of over $5 is tax-deductible.
Bequest
A bequest – or legacy – is a gift made through your will.
To make a bequest to the Trust you should contact your lawyer.
For more information on how to make a bequest, contact us here: [email protected]
Want to support the troops who put their lives on the line for
New Zealand?
Make a donation or bequest to the NZSAS Trust.
Past and present members and their families will directly benefit from your contribution – on their behalf we thank you.
Your donation or bequest means we can:
- Support wounded SAS soldiers and the families of deceased NZSAS soldiers
- Support ex-members into new employment
- Fund formal education or vocational training for our ex-service members and their families
- Provide financial support for those who fall on hard times
You may choose to make a general donation, which could go towards:
- Supporting SAS soldiers who have been killed or otherwise impacted in the performance of their duties
- Tertiary grants and training assistance
- Family welfare, parenting courses and support groups
- Welfare and hardship needs
- Community initiatives such as The Papakura Camp kids’ playground, school holiday programmes, family events
- Whineray House, a convalescence and welfare home
- Sending dependents on Spirit of New Zealand and Outward Bound
- Supporting soldier leadership and innovation awards
The NZSAS
Trust grant
programme
NZSAS Trust Grants
Apply for a grant
Our grants focus on aiding personnel and their families with tertiary study, vocational training, children with special needs, educational tools, youth programmes or relief of hardship.
The NZSAS Trust supports serving or retired NZSAS members, their partners and dependant children.
We are grateful for donor support that we receive for this programme.
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Parent / Teen Camp
Many of the children of serving members experience issues related to their parent being absent for a substantial time of their childhood. Often the ramifications don’t come to light until the teenage years.
In 2023 we founded a programme to strengthen the parent/teen relationship. A provider was sourced to run the weeklong camp which the serving parent attends with one child. At camp (which is phone-free) they get quality one-on-one time doing high adventure activities by day (kayaking, abseiling, rock climbing, tramping etc), and in the evenings they can relax together or with the other parents & teens.
This camp has been instrumental in strengthening familial relationships and also provides an opportunity for the teens to connect with other military teens. Feedback has validated the importance of this camp for our families:
Sincere thanks to our Donor Family
We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of all our donors. While many choose to give privately, we recognise here those who have permitted us to share their support publicly.
