This section contains firearms regulatory information to help people better understand features of the licence holder community, and aspects of the performance of New Zealand’s firearms regulatory framework.
The Firearms Public Dashboard
The dashboard contains a summary of:
• individual licence holders (by Police District)
• active firearms endorsements
• the Firearms Registry uptake
• firearms licence applications completed (in the last month)
• suspensions and revocations processed (in the last month), and
• demographics of firearms licence holders (Age, gender, and ethnicity).
Firearms Information Summary Report (Monthly)
This contains:
• licences by type
• endorsements by type
• licence holders - current age
• licence holders - gender
• licence holders - ethnicity
• licences by Police District
• individual licence endorsements by Police District
• licence revocations by financial year
• licence suspensions by financial year
• licences issued by financial year
• licences in progress, and
• endorsements in progress.
From February 2026, we have also included additional reporting each month.
Supplementary Firearms Data Report
This contains:
• Number of Health Practitioner Reports of concern
• Reasons for firearms licence revocations
• Firearms registered – by type (e.g. rifle, shotgun, pistol, other)
• Firearms registered – by classification (e.g. non-prohibited, pistol, restricted, etc.)
• Registry call data
o Average speed to answer
o Average wait time
o Total answered calls
o Total offered calls
o Total abandoned calls
• Firearms safety courses
o Courses delivered (and location)
o Attendance (including spaces available, spaces booked, and non-attendance)
o Participant survey results
