Official Information Act (OIA) responses that may be of interest to the wider firearms community.
Licensing processes
Guidance documents
- 2024 January - Guidance Documents - IR012339875 - Part 1
- 2024 January - Guidance Documents - IR012339875 - Part 2a
- 2024 January - Guidance Documents - IR012339875 - Part 2b
- 2024 January - Guidance Documents - IR012339875 - Part 2c
Fit and proper status
- 2026 February - Fit and Proper - IR01262265
- 2026 February - Mental health notifications and licence revocations - IR01261385
- 2025 August - Fit and Proper - IR012528978
- 2025 June - Guidance Documents - IR012515242
- 2025 May - Guidance Documents - IR012515239
- 2025 February - Fit and Proper - IR01252187
- 2025 January - Pistol endorsement holders, failure to meet obligations-IR012442316.pdf
- 2024 December - Offending by endorsement holders, 1984 to 2024-IR012437073.pdf
- 2024 November - firearms licences and sovereign citizens-IR012436910.pdf
- 2024 March - Fit and proper status - IR01245679
Licence cards
2026 April - Firearms Licence cards procurement process - IR012610902
Licence refusals
- 2026 February - Firearms Licence Applications - IR01262316
- 2026 January - Licences issued - IR012543077
- 2025 March - Firearm Statistics - IR01254196
Licence suspensions and revocations
- 2026 March - Licence Revocations - IR01262301
- 2024 August - Suspensions and revocations - IR012424132
- 2024 May - Licence revocations - IR012414407
- 2024 April - Licence revocations - IR01249097
- 2024 April - Licence revocations - IR01248056
Surrender of firearms
Training
Data
Permits and endorsements
Firearms importations
- 2026 February - Reports on models Tippmann M4-22, UTAS 516, UTAS 716 and Guncraft AR15 including approval process - IR0126553
- 2026 January - Firearms Importation - IR012546057
- 2026 January - Firearms importations - IR012541737
- 2025 October - Firearms Statistics - IR012535183
- 2024 December - Guidance Documents - IR012441320
P Category (Pest Control) Endorsement
Seizures and thefts
2024 firearms reforms
Regulator / firearms system
Firearms policies
- 2026 April - Policy for granting suitable endorsements to allow – No. of Troy PAR 223 pump action rifles held by Pest controllers – Queries on policy on modification of .22 or lower configured as lever, bolt and pump action firearms with non-detachable tubular - IR01266261
- 2026 March - Policy on modification of .22 or lower configured as lever, bolt and pump action firearms with non-detachable tubular magazines – IR01266269
- 2026 February - Policy on modification of .22 or lower configured as lever, bolt and pump action firearms with non-detachable tubular magazines - IR012546056
Responsibilities and accountabilities
Staffing and costs
- 2026 January - FSA Pounamu - IR0126986
- 2026 January - Armourers - IR012546051
- 2025 December - Firearms Statistics - IR012538690
- 2025 October - Guidance Documents - IR012533748
- 2025 July - Firearms Statistics - IR012519453
- 2025 June - Firearms Statistics - IR012516464
- 2025 June - Firearms Statistics - IR012519160
- 2025 April - Firearms Statistics - IR01256426
Modifying firearms
IT and Databases
- 2026 March - Registry Call Recordings - IR01264886
- 2026 March - Bulk Email Communications - IR01264256
- 2026 February - Arms Act Rewrite Communications - IR01263940
- 2025 February - Firearms Statistics - IR01254435
Data
Firearms Registry
Processes and Systems
- 2026 February - Firearms Reference Spreadsheet info – Collectors firearms data and guidance – Changes made to MyFirearms site – No. of firearms registered online v call centre and on Firearms Reference Spreadsheet – User feedback on firearms registration system – Duplicate firearms registered - IR012544223 - PART 1
- 2026 February - Firearms Reference Spreadsheet info – Collectors firearms data and guidance – Changes made to MyFirearms site – No. of firearms registered online v call centre and on Firearms Reference Spreadsheet – User feedback on firearms registration system – Duplicate firearms registered - IR012544223 - PART 2
Security and access
- 2025 February - Firearms Statistics - IR01254435
- 2024 May - IT and Databases - IR012413860
- 2024 May - IT and Databases - IR012416550
- 2023 December - IT and Databases - IR012336681
Data
Shooting clubs and shooting ranges
Last updated
11 May 2026
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