Firearms Registry requirements apply from 24 June 2023
The first time you apply for a licence or endorsement from 24 June 2023, you must register all arms items in your possession within 30 days.
Find out what the Firearms Registry means for you
To save you time, you can now apply or reapply for your firearms licence AND any of the endorsements below online.
Pistol target shooting endorsement
Once you have a pistol target shooting endorsement you can apply for the endorsed arms item using the necessary permit to import or permit to possess.
If you get this endorsement, you can use the endorsed pistols only for pistol target shooting.
You can use the endorsed pistols only in your role as a member of a pistol target shooting club.
You can apply for a pistol target shooting endorsement at the same time you apply for your firearms licence.
When you get a pistol target shooting endorsement, you can apply for the endorsed arms item for the necessary permit to possess or to import.
Endorsement lifespan
A pistol target shooting endorsement to your firearms licence lasts until your licence ends or is surrendered or revoked.
Conditions
You can use an endorsed pistol only for target shooting on a pistol range approved by the Commissioner of Police.
You must participate in the affairs of a pistol club by taking part in scheduled shooting activities on the pistol ranges used by that club on 12 days or more each year.See the Arms Regulations 1992, clause 22, Conditions of endorsements in respect of pistols and restricted weapons
Te Tari Pūreke can prescribe other conditions:- Arms Regulations 1992, clause 28D, Commissioner may prescribe conditions on licences, etc
- Arms Act 1983, section 32, Further conditions of endorsements in respect of pistols and restricted weapons
Te Tari Pūreke can add conditions to your endorsement that allow you to carry the endorsed pistols from your home address to a:
- police station
- licensed dealer or gunsmith for repair, maintenance, or sale
- pistol club range
If you want to carry the endorsed pistols to another location, you can apply to Te Tari Pūreke for a condition endorsed on your firearms licence.
Endorsements and conditions meet the requirements of the Arms Act 1983, section 36, Offence to carry pistol, prohibited firearm, prohibited magazine, or restricted weapon without authority
Endorsements are subject to the Arms Act 1983, section 31A, Conditions of endorsements
When you have an endorsement, you must produce on demand the endorsed arms item to a member of New Zealand Police.
You must allow a member of New Zealand Police to:
- inspect the arms item and where it is kept on the dealer premises
- enter the dealer premises to do this inspection at a reasonable time
The member of New Zealand Police making this inspection must identify themselves and say they are making the inspection under the Arms Act.
They must show identification that confirms they are a member of New Zealand Police.
To apply for a pistol target shooting endorsement to your firearms licence, you must:
- be 16 years or older
- be a member of an incorporated pistol club recognised by the Commissioner of Police
- have a New Zealand firearms licence, or be applying for one
In your pistol target shooting endorsement application, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions about your knowledge and experience of pistols, and your reasons for wanting to have and use them.
We ask about:
- your personal attributes
- your obligations as a pistol target shooter under the Arms Act and Arms Regulations
- how you will meet these obligations
In your endorsement application, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions you may have answered in previous licence or endorsement applications.
We ask these questions again to make sure we have the latest information when we review your application.
Endorsement referee
In your application for a pistol target shooting endorsement, you must give the name and contact details of an endorsement referee.
Your endorsement referee must:
- be 20 years or older
- know a lot about pistol target shooting
- know and understand your activities, interest, and experience in pistol target shooting
They should have a senior role in your pistol club and have seen you shoot a pistol at least four times.
See more about your endorsement referee
Secure storage and locations
In your application for a pistol target shooting endorsement, you must give details of your:
- address where you store pistols
- secure storage for firearms and ammunition
Te Tari Pūreke assesses your address and secure storage when we review your endorsement application.
For the classes of arms items that require endorsement, you must meet the secure storage requirements in the Arms Regulations 1992, regulation 28, Security precautions in relation to pistols, prohibited firearms, prohibited magazines, and restricted weapons
For information about securely storing restricted and prohibited items, see section 4 of the secure storage guide for firearms and ammunition
Other documentation
If you are applying for a pistol target shooting endorsement, you must include in your application:
- evidence of pistol club membership
- confirmation you have completed safety training delivered by a pistol club
You must ask your club to download, complete, and send to Pistol New Zealand the supporting club and national association form
Pistol New Zealand sends the completed form to Te Tari Pūreke.
We require this form when we review your application.
Dealer employee endorsement
A dealer employee endorsement to your firearms licence can allow you to help deal in:
- pistols
- pistol carbine conversion kits
- restricted weapons
- prohibited firearms
- prohibited magazines
A dealer employee endorsement specifies the classes of arms item it allows you to help deal in.
If you get an endorsement, you can help deal in the endorsed arms items only in your role as an employee of a licenced dealer.
Make sure you apply for a new endorsement when your employer renews their dealer licence.
You can apply for a dealer employee endorsement at any time you have a firearms licence or apply for one.
A dealer employee endorsement does not allow you to apply for a permit to possess or a permit to import these classes of arms item.
Endorsement lifespan
A dealer employee endorsement to your firearms licence lasts for 12 months unless either:
- your firearms licence ends, or is surrendered or revoked
- your employer's dealer licence ends, or is surrendered or revoked
- the relevant endorsement to your employer's dealer licence is revoked, or
- you stop working for that employer
Conditions
Dealer employee endorsements are subject to the Arms Amendment Regulations 2021, section 21A, Condition of endorsements for employees of licensed dealers
When you have a dealer employee endorsement on your firearms licence, you must notify New Zealand Police if you either:
- stop working for that dealer, or
- start working for another dealer
Endorsements are subject to the Arms Act 1983, section 31A, Conditions of endorsements
When you have an endorsement, you must produce on demand the endorsed arms item to New Zealand Police.
You must allow a member of New Zealand Police to:
- inspect the arms item and where you keep it and where it is kept on the dealer premises
- enter the dealer premises to do this inspection at a reasonable time
The member of New Zealand Police making this inspection must identify themselves and say they are making the inspection under the Arms Act.
They must show identification that confirms they are a member of New Zealand Police.
To apply for a dealer employee endorsement to your firearms licence, you must:
- be 16 years or older, for pistols and restricted weapons
- be 18 years or older, for prohibited firearms and prohibited magazines
- have a New Zealand firearms licence, or be applying for one
In your endorsement application, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions about your skills, knowledge, and experience handling these classes of arms items in a business environment.
We ask about:
- your personal attributes
- your obligations as an employee of a licensed dealer under the Arms Act and Arms Regulations
- how you will meet these obligations
In your application for an endorsement to your firearms licence, the authority asks questions you may have answered in previous licence or endorsement applications.
We ask these questions again to make sure we have the latest information when we review your application.
Endorsement referee
In your application for a dealer employee endorsement, you must give:
- details of your employment
- name and contact details of your employer
Unless you say otherwise, your employer is also your endorsement referee for your dealer employee endorsement.
You do not have to use your employer as your endorsement referee.
If your endorsement referee is not your employer, they must be:
- 25 years or older
- a licensed firearms dealer or dealership business owner
See more about your endorsement referee
In your dealer employee endorsement application, you must include a letter from your employer, or other evidence confirming you are employed by a licensed dealer.
Pest control endorsement
A pest control endorsement to your firearms licence can allow you to use for pest control in your business or job:
- prohibited shotguns
- prohibited centrefire rifles
- prohibited magazines
A pest control endorsement specifies the classes of arms item it allows you to use for pest control.
If you get an endorsement, you can use the endorsed arms items for pest control only in your role as either a:
- pest control business owner, manager or contractor
- pest control employee or contractor
- owner or manager of an agricultural, horticultural, or silvicultural business, or
- employee of an agricultural, horticultural, or silvicultural business
You can apply for a pest control endorsement at the same time you apply for your firearms licence.
When you get an endorsement to your licence, you can apply for the necessary permit to possess or to import
Endorsement lifespan
A pest control endorsement lasts for two years and six months.
Conditions
Endorsements are subject to the Arms Act 1983, section 31A, Conditions of endorsements
When you have an endorsement, you must produce on demand the endorsed arms item to a member of New Zealand Police.
You must allow a member of New Zealand Police to:
- inspect the arms item and where it is kept
- enter the premises to do this inspection at a reasonable time
The member of New Zealand Police making this inspection must identify themselves and say they are making the inspection under the Arms Act.
They must show identification that confirms they are a member of New Zealand Police.
To apply for a pest control endorsement to your firearms licence, you must:
- be 20 years or older
- have a New Zealand firearms licence, or be applying for one
As a pest control endorsement applicant, you must meet the requirements of the Arms Act 1983, sections 30B, Power to make endorsement in respect of prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine
In your pest control endorsement application, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions about your experience handling prohibited firearms in animal pest control or wild animal recovery.
Your business
If you are a business owner or manager applying for a pest control endorsement, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions about your business, including the percentage of your income that comes from it.
Your activities
If you are an employee or contractor applying for a pest control endorsement, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions to understand:
- your animal pest control or wild animal recovery activities
- why you have to use prohibited firearms for this work
If you are a business owner or manager applying for a pest controller endorsement, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions about your business activities, including:
- the regions you work in
- your pest animal problems
- your plan to manage these problems
As a business owner, manager, or contractor you can apply for a pest control endorsement to do one or more of four business activities that require the use of prohibited firearms.
To apply for a pest control endorsement, you must either:
- have a written contract or agreement to do the activities now, or
- be negotiating a written contract or agreement to do the activities soon
You can apply for a pest control endorsement to do one or more of four business activities defined by the Arms Act 1983, section 4A, Persons who may apply to import, manufacture, sell, supply, possess, or use prohibited items
- You are employed or engaged by the Department of Conservation to control wild animals or animal pests.
- You are employed or engaged by a management agency to control wild animals or animal pests.
- You have a concession from the minister of conservation to recover wild animals.
- Your sole business, or a significant part of it, is controlling prescribed wild animals or animal pests, or working for someone who controls these.
In your application for an endorsement to your firearms licence, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions you may have answered in previous licence or endorsement applications.
We ask these questions again to make sure we have the latest information when we review your application.
Endorsement referee
In your application for a pest control endorsement, you must give the name and contact details of an endorsement referee.
Your endorsement referee must:
- be 20 years or older
- know a lot about wild animal recovery or animal pest control
- know and understand your activities, interest, and experience in wild animal recovery or animal pest control
See more about your endorsement referee
Secure storage and locations
In your pest control endorsement application, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions to understand how you meet the tougher secure storage requirements in the Arms Regulations 1992, regulation 28, Security precautions in relation to pistols, prohibited firearms, prohibited magazines, and restricted weapons
For information about securely storing restricted and prohibited items, see section 4 of the secure storage guide for firearms and ammunition
People with access
If you are a business owner, manager, or contractor applying for a pest control endorsement, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions to understand how you make sure your employees and contractors continue to be trained and competent to have and use prohibited firearms and magazines.
Everyone who has or uses prohibited firearms and magazines for your business must have a:
- firearms licence
- endorsement
- permit to possess
Overseas criminal record checks
In your pest control endorsement application, Te Tari Pūreke asks if you have stayed in another country for more than six months in total in the last 10 years.
You must include in your application a scanned copy or digital photo of a criminal record check for each country you've stayed in for that long.
The criminal record check must be no more than two months old when you submit your application. Immigration New Zealand has guidance about criminal record checks, also known as police certificates, from other countries. Go to Immigration New Zealand to see how to get a police certificate
If you were posted or deployed to another country as part of your work for the New Zealand government, you can use a signed letter from your commanding officer or a senior manager instead of a police certificate.
The letter is to confirm you were not charged with or convicted of a criminal offence in that country while deployed there.
Accountant's letter
If you are a business owner or manager applying for a pest controller endorsement, you must include in your application a letter from your accountant or financial advisor confirming:
- the percentage of your income that comes from your business
- the regions you work in
Other business documentation
If you are an owner or manager of an agricultural, horticultural, or silvicultural business, or if you are a pest control business owner, manager or contractor applying for a pest control endorsement, you may need to include in your application:
- property pest management plan or contract for services from the property owner or manager
- expert evidence of your business's pest animal problems
- documentary evidence of the regions you work in
- documentary evidence of your management and development of employees and contractors – their training, testing, health and safety, and security
Bona fide collector endorsement
Once you have a bone fide collector endorsement, you can apply for the endorsed arms item using the necessary permit to import or permit to posess:
- pistols and restricted weapons
- prohibited firearms
- prohibited magazines
This endorsement specifies the classes of arms item it allows you to collect.
If you get this endorsement, you can have the endorsed arms items only as part of a collection and only in your role as a bona fide collector.
You can apply for a bona fide collector endorsement at the same time you apply for your firearms licence.
When you get a bona fide collector endorsement, you can apply for the endorsed arms item for the necessary permit to possess or to import.
Endorsement lifespan
A bone fide collector endorsement to your firearms licence lasts until your licence ends, or is surrendered or revoked.
Conditions
You cannot use an arms item with a bona fide collector endorsement with live or blank ammunition.
If you have an arms item with a bona fide collector endorsement, you must:- make it inoperable by removing a vital part
- keep it in an inoperable condition
You must store the vital part of a prohibited firearm at a separate address Te Tari Pūreke has approved.
You can store the vital part of a restricted weapon in a separate secure storage at the same address Te Tari Pūreke has approved.
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Te Tari Pūreke can add conditions to your endorsement that allow you to carry the endorsed arms items from your home address to a:
- police station
- licensed dealer or gunsmith for repair, maintenance, or sale
- organised sale or exhibition for display
Te Tari Pūreke can add conditions when we issue your endorsement that allow you to carry the endorsed arms items to other locations that support the endorsement's purpose.
If you want to carry the endorsed arms items to another location, you can apply to Te Tari Pūreke at any time for either:
- an 'endorsement to carry', or
- a condition to your endorsement
Endorsements and conditions meet the requirements of the Arms Act 1983, section 36, Offence to carry pistol, prohibited firearm, prohibited magazine, or restricted weapon without authority.
Endorsements are subject to the Arms Act 1983, section 31A, Conditions of endorsements.
When you have an endorsement, you must produce on demand the endorsed arms items to a member of New Zealand Police.
You must allow a member of New Zealand Police to:
- inspect the arms items and where you keep them
- enter your premises to do this inspection at a reasonable time
The member of New Zealand Police making this inspection must identify themselves and say they are making the inspection under the Arms Act.
They must show identification that confirms they are a member of New Zealand Police.
To apply for a bona fide collector endorsement to your firearms licence, you must:
- be 18 years or older
- have a New Zealand firearms licence, or be applying for one
In your bona fide collector endorsement application, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions about your experience of firearms, your collection, and your reasons for wanting to start or continue collecting:
- pistols
- restricted weapons
- prohibited firearms
- prohibited magazines
We ask about:
- your personal attributes
- your obligations as a bona fide collector of firearms under the Arms Act and Arms Regulations
- how you will meet these obligations
Your activity
In your application for a bona fide collector endorsement, you must tell Te Tari Pūreke the theme and direction of your collection.
A group of unrelated firearms is not a collection. Having many guns or an interest in guns does not make someone a collector.
A bona fide collector endorsement is for people to use only in their role as collectors and only for starting and maintaining their collections.
A bona fide collector has an interest in a particular field. For example, a collection including items that are not firearms, but related to the same field of interest, like uniforms, could show someone is a bona fide collector.
We recognise that a collector's interests evolve. But if an application for a bona fide collector endorsement does not include a description of the collection's themes and direction, we cannot make an informed decision when the collector applies for a permit to add items to it.
Te Tari Pūreke must be able to assess the relevance of a proposed arms item to the collection and the collector with the endorsement.
To do this, Te Tari Pūreke must be able to approve the direction and scope of the licence holder’s collection activities when they first apply for this endorsement.
For example, the themes of the collection can include, for the time period the collector gives in their direction statement:
- technical development of firearms and munitions
- military history
- social and political history
- aesthetics of decoration and craftsmanship
Additions to the collection must develop its themes and be consistent with the direction statement.
You must have written authorisation from Te Tari Pūreke before changing your activities as a bona fide collector.
See the Arms Act 1983:
In your endorsement application, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions you may have answered in previous licence or endorsement applications.
We ask these questions again to make sure we have the latest information when we review your application.
Endorsement referee
In your application for a bona fide collector endorsement, you must give the name and contact details of an endorsement referee.
Your endorsement referee must:
- be 20 years or older
- know and understand your collecting activities
- know and understand your genuine interest in the field you collect in
They should have a role in a firearms collecting club, like club secretary.
Your bona fide collector endorsement referee does not have to be firearms licence holder.
See more about your endorsement referee
Secure storage and locations
In your application for a bona fide collector endorsement, you must give details of your:
- locations where you store firearms
- secure storage for firearms and the vital parts of prohibited firearms
Te Tari Pūreke assesses your locations and secure storage when we review your endorsement application.
For the classes of arms items that require endorsement, you must meet the secure storage requirements in the Arms Regulations 1992, regulation 28, Security precautions in relation to pistols, prohibited firearms, prohibited magazines, and restricted weapons.
For information about securely storing restricted and prohibited items, watch the video guides for secure storage and transport of firearms and ammunition and see section 4 of the secure storage guide for firearms and ammunition.
We can accept PDF uploads for these two endorsements in MyFireams ONLY IF you’re also applying or reapplying for a licence or an endorsement(s) above.
Memento and heirloom endorsement
A memento and heirloom endorsement to your firearms licence can allow you to keep an heirloom or memento of special significance to you that is either a:
- pistol or restricted weapon
- prohibited firearm, or
- prohibited magazine
This endorsement specifies the class of the arms item it allows you to keep as an heirloom or memento of special significance to you.
An heirloom is a firearm your family has kept for generations.
A memento is a firearm you keep in memory of a person or event.
Heirlooms and mementos are not collections and the purpose of this endorsement is not to gather a collection of arms items.
Once you have a memento or heirloom endorsement, you can apply for the endorsed arms item using the necessary permit to import or permit to posess.
When you get a memento and heirloom endorsement, you can apply for the endorsed arms item for the necessary permit to possess or import
Endorsement lifespan
A memento or heirloom endorsement to your firearms licence lasts until your licence ends, or is surrendered or revoked.
Conditions
You cannot use an arms item with a memento and heirloom endorsement with live or blank ammunition.
If you have an arms item with this endorsement, you must:
- make it inoperable by removing a vital part
- keep it in an inoperable condition
You must store the vital part of a prohibited firearm at a separate address Te Tari Pūreke has approved.
You can store the vital part of a restricted weapon in separate secure storage at the same address Te Tari Pūreke has approved.
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You must keep this arms item at your home address and it can only leave when you have written approval from Te Tari Pūreke.
You must not carry it from your address, unless Te Tari Pūreke allows you to do so in a particular case, in writing.
Te Tari Pūreke may set conditions on how you part with this arms item.
Endorsements are subject to the Arms Act 1983, section 31A, Conditions of endorsements
When you have an endorsement, you must produce on demand the endorsed arms item to a member of New Zealand Police.
You must allow a member of New Zealand Police to:
- inspect the arms item and where you keep it
- enter your premises to do this inspection at a reasonable time
The member of New Zealand Police making this inspection must identify themselves and say they are making the inspection under the Arms Act.
They must show identification that confirms they are a member of New Zealand Police.
To apply for a memento and heirloom endorsement to your firearms licence, you must:
- be 18 years or older
- have a New Zealand firearms licence, or be applying for one
In your endorsement application, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions you may have answered in previous licence or endorsement applications.
We ask these questions again to make sure we have the latest information when we review your application.
Endorsement referee
In your application for a memento and heirloom endorsement, you must give the name and contact details of an endorsement referee.
Your endorsement referee must:
- be 20 years or older
- know and understand the special significance of the arms item to you
Your memento and heirloom endorsement referee does not have to be firearms licence holder.
See more about yourendorsement referee
Secure storage and locations
For the classes of arms items that require endorsement, you must meet the secure storage requirements in the Arms Regulations 1992, regulation 28, Security precautions in relation to pistols, prohibited firearms, prohibited magazines, and restricted weapons
For information about securely storing restricted and prohibited items, watch the video guides for secure storage and transport of firearms and ammunition and see section 4 of the secure storage guide for firearms and ammunition
- Fill out the PDF application form
- Login to MyFireams and upload your pdf with your other Endorsement application
- OR if you are only applying for this endorsement see:
- Visit Tools and forms and download the endorsement form you need.
Broadcaster, theatrical, living history, and theatrical armourer endorsements
Once you have a broadcaster, theatrical, living history and theatrical armourer endorsement, you can apply for the endorsed arms item using the necessary permit to import or permit to possess:
- broadcast productions
- theatre productions
- commemorative or re-enactment events
- cinematic and television film productions
- video recording productions
This endorsement can allow you to use with blank ammunition:
- pistols
- restricted weapons
- prohibited firearms
- prohibited magazines
If you get an endorsement, you can use the endorsed arms items only for the permitted theatrical activity.
You can use the endorsed arms items only in your role as an employee or member of a bona fide theatrical body:
- broadcaster
- theatre company or society
- living history group
- cinematic or television film production company
- video recording production company
These roles include:
- living history member
- living history theatrical armourer
- theatrical armourer
You can apply for a broadcaster, theatrical, living history, and theatrical armourer endorsement at the same time you apply for your firearms licence.
When you get an endorsement to your licence, you must apply for the necessary permit to possess or to import
Endorsement lifespan
A broadcaster, theatrical, living history and theatrical armourer endorsement to your firearms licence lasts until your licence ends, or is surrendered or revoked.
Conditions
With a broadcaster, theatrical, living history, and theatrical armourer endorsement, you can handle, store, and use the endorsed arms items only under the supervision of the onsite theatrical armourer in charge of the activity.
The supervising armourer must be appointed by the theatrical body in charge of the activity.
You must not act as an onsite theatrical armourer unless a condition of your endorsement allows you to.
With the right condition to their endorsement, a theatrical armourer can supervise the handling, storage, and use of endorsed arms items hired out by a dealer for a theatrical activity not at the dealer’s place of business.
If you have this condition to your endorsement, you must also have written consent from Te Tari Pūreke to supervise in this way at the site of the theatrical activity.
This consent must describe the theatrical activity and specify its:
- location
- duration
You cannot use an arms item with this endorsement with live ammunition.
You can fire an arms item with this endorsement using blank ammunition only if a suitably experienced person has certified it is safe to do so.
When an arms item with this endorsement is not in use, you must:
- make it inoperable by removing a vital part
- keep it in an inoperable condition
You can store the vital part of a restricted weapon in a separate secure storage at the same address Te Tari Pūreke has approved.
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You must secure from theft endorsed arms items and blank ammunition when they are:
- onsite and not in use
- displayed at an event or exhibition
Te Tari Pūreke can add conditions to your endorsement that allow you to carry the endorsed arms items from your home address to a:
- police station
- licensed dealer or gunsmith for repair, maintenance, or sale
- organised sale or exhibition for display
Te Tari Pūreke can add conditions when we issue your endorsement that allow you to carry the endorsed arms items:
- between their secure storage and the location of the permitted theatrical activity
- to other locations that support the endorsement's purpose
If you want to carry the endorsed arms items to another location, you can apply to Te Tari Pūreke at any time for either:
- an 'endorsement to carry', or
- a condition to your endorsement
Endorsements and conditions meet the requirements of the Arms Act 1983, section 36, Offence to carry pistol, prohibited firearm, prohibited magazine, or restricted weapon without authority
Endorsements are subject to the Arms Act 1983, section 31A, Conditions of endorsements
When you have an endorsement, you must produce on demand the endorsed arms item to a member of New Zealand Police.
You must allow the member of New Zealand Police to:
- inspect the arms item and where you keep it
- enter your premises to do this inspection at a reasonable time
The member of New Zealand Police making this inspection must identify themselves and say they are making the inspection under the Arms Act.
They must show identification that confirms they are a member of New Zealand Police.
To apply for a broadcaster, theatrical, living history, and theatrical armourer endorsement to your firearms licence, you must:
- be 16 years or older
- have a New Zealand firearms licence, or be applying for one
Your activity
When you apply for an endorsement to have and use arms items for broadcast, theatre, film, or video productions, or historical re-enactment or commemorative events, you must say if you are applying as either or both:
- a theatrical armourer supervising the use of arms items
- an employee or member of a group, company, or society using these items
An applicant for an endorsement to act as an onsite theatrical armourer must show and prove:
- experience in broadcast, theatre, film, or video production
- deep understanding of engineering and metalworking
- expertise and experience in the firearm modifications relevant to making a safe work environment for cast and crew
- experience writing plans for the health and safety of cast and crew
- experience writing plans for the safe transport and onsite storage of firearms before, during, and after a production
An applicant for an endorsement to participate in historical re-enactment or commemorative events must:
- have written confirmation they are a member or employee of a bona fide theatrical body, signed by its chief executive officer
- explain why the company must have this arms item to make its productions
- give details of their experience in productions handling, and supervising others handling, automatic, semi-automatic and other firearms using blank ammunition
An applicant must show they know:
- the screen sector health and safety guidelines, at ScreenSafe
- the Arms Act as it applies to this activity
- how to apply the safety code and Arms Act to the activity they plan to supervise
In your endorsement application, Te Tari Pūreke asks questions you may have answered in previous licence or endorsement applications.
We ask these questions again to make sure we have the latest information when we review your application.
Endorsement referee
In your application for a broadcaster, theatrical, living history, and theatrical armourer endorsement, you must give the name and contact details of an endorsement referee.
Your endorsement referee must:
- be 20 or older
- know a lot about the use of arms items in theatrical activity
- know and understand your activities, interest, and experience in the use of arms items in theatrical activity
They must be a senior member of your bona fide theatrical body.
See more about your endorsement referee
Secure storage and locations
For the classes of arms items that require endorsement, you must meet the secure storage requirements in the Arms Regulations 1992, regulation 28, Security precautions in relation to pistols, prohibited firearms, prohibited magazines, and restricted weapons
For information about securely storing restricted and prohibited items, see section 4 of the secure storage guide for firearms and ammunition
Other documentation
If you are applying for this endorsement as a theatrical armourer, you must include in your application written confirmation you are a member or employee of a bona fide theatrical body, signed by its chief executive officer.
Fee
The fee for one or more firearms licence endorsements, applied for at the same time, is $204 This fee includes GST and is not refundable.
Before you begin
You must hold a New Zealand firearms licence, or have submitted an application for one before you apply for an Endorsement. There is a single fee of $204 for one or more endorsements if they are applied for at the same time.
These fees include GST and are not refundable. Applying online using MyFirearms will also incur a small card payment fee
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If you need to apply or reapply for a licence, go ahead and select it.
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