Te Tari Pūreke | Firearms Safety Authority New Zealand

Firearms licence

Find out how to apply or reapply for a New Zealand firearms licence. You need a firearms licence to possess and use non-prohibited firearms, ammunition and specially dangerous airguns without supervision.

Firearms Registry

New Zealand’s Firearms Registry will hold details about all licence holders and their arms items. Find out when you’re required to provide information, how to register, and how to get help if you need it.

Firearms safety courses

First-time firearms licence applicants must attend and pass a firearms safety course. Find out what you need to do and how to book.

Health and wellbeing

Mental health and wellbeing of firearms licence holders

Information for health practitioners

When a firearms licence holder dies

Transport and storage

Storage and transportation of firearms and ammunition

Travelling overseas with firearms

Popular resources

Hunter safety

Firearms Safety Code

Disposal of firearms and arms items

Concerned with someone's firearms use? In an emergency always call 111

Arms Bill

Firearms oversight in New Zealand is changing to make our communities safer and to provide simpler, smarter services for firearms licence holders.

The Arms Bill was introduced in December 2025 and is currently progressing through the Parliamentary process.

It updates and modernises New Zealand’s firearms laws, following extensive feedback from the firearms community. As part of these changes, a new independent regulator — Firearms Safety and Education New Zealand - is proposed.

This means that when passed into law, all firearms regulatory services will be handled independently by Firearms Safety and Education New Zealand, while NZ Police continue to focus on criminal law enforcement.

We’ll keep you updated on the Bill’s progress and what this means for firearms users at this link:

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