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.

Before you apply for a firearms licence

Find out what a New Zealand firearms licence allows you to do, who can apply and what you need to provide in your application.

Apply for a firearms licence

Find out how to apply for a New Zealand firearms licence. The steps are the same whether you're applying for the first time or reapplying for a licence ('renewal').

Providing information for the Firearms Registry

If you held a firearms licence at 24 June 2023, you're required to provide information for the Registry the first time an activating circumstance happens. Activating circumstances include applying for a firearms licence.

Firearms Registry

 

 

 

Last updated
21 August 2023

 

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