If the item is an heirloom, you need to describe when and how it came into your family and why it is of significance to you.

If the item is a memento, you need to describe the event or person it is kept in memory of, and how it is of special significance to you. 

You need to describe, in your own words:

• why you are a suitable person to have access to pistols, restricted weapons, prohibited firearms or prohibited magazines
• your obligations.

For information about your obligations, visit Conditions

You must:  

• provide the address where you will store the items
• describe your security arrangements.

Your security arrangements will be inspected.

If you do not have secure storage yet, you must arrange for it to be installed. Your application will not be approved until Te Tari Pūreke are satisfied with your secure storage arrangements. 

If you are only applying for an endorsement, and not a licence, you must provide a photo.

You must supply a recent, good quality digital photograph that is a good likeness of yourself. A scanned copy of a photograph will not be accepted. 

The photograph must meet the minimum requirements as set out in Regulation 30 of the Arms Regulations 1992. Passport photos from commercial outlets will typically meet these requirements. 

This means the photograph must: 

• have been taken within the last 12 months   
• be a full front view of your face – chin to forehead and both sides of your face  
• show head and shoulders, with the head filling most of the photograph  
• be of you without a hat or head covering (except where your religion requires you to wear a hat or head covering)  
• have a plain, light-coloured background  
• be in colour and in focus  
• be in portrait format (with a 4:3 aspect ratio)  
• be in JPG or JPEG format  
• be between 25KB and 10MB  
• be between 900 and 4500 pixels wide and 1200 and 6000 pixels high.  

We will not accept photographs that do not meet these standards.