You need a visitor’s firearms licence if you want to hunt or enter competitions in New Zealand and either bring your own firearm or shoot without the immediate supervision of a New Zealand firearms licence holder.
Upcoming MyFirearms Outage: 17 September - 7pm to 8pm
MyFirearms is undergoing maintenance and will be unavailable on 17th September 2025 from 7pm to 8pm.
The Firearms Licence Checker and Dealer Transactions form will remain available during this time.