NZSAS 'Original' marches out with elite friendsDOMINICO ZAPATA/STUFF NZSAS Original Ron 'Snow' Collins, 90, at the 2018 Anzac Day parade in Raglan. Ron 'Snow' Collins stands front and centre of a small brigade preparing to march. DOMINICO ZAPATA/STUFF Ex-soldiers Phil Hokianga, Ron 'Snow' Collins, Stephen Pene, Lonny Matiu and Donald Carmichael at the Raglan Club after the parade. An NZSAS Original, recruited in 1955 when the elite fighting force was established as a part of New Zealand's Defence Force. Sit among the NZSAS elite for a while and they'll use words like 'the unit' and 'the group' and 'the squadron' to describe themselves.

Source: Stuff April 25, 2018 03:33 UTC