The death of SAS trooper Lance Corporal Nicholas Kahotea in a joint United States-New Zealand training exercise is "tragic", the US Army says. Kahotea died on Wednesday night after an incident in Ardmore, the site of a specially-designed SAS training facility. NZ ARMY/SUPPLIED Lance Corporal Kahotea joined the New Zealand Army in January 2006. READ MORE:* Army exercise suspended after SAS trooper dies after training incident* Intense training, secret missions behind enemy lines: What is the SAS? 1 NEWS Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expresses her condolences to the family of the SAS trooper killed in an Auckland training exercise.

Source: Stuff May 10, 2019 00:33 UTC