Firearms

IR-01-22-11908 (PDF 360KB)

26 April 2022

Of these 4,212 firearms-related occurrences in the 2021 calendar year, it was interesting that 496 (11.8%) were also family harm. We would like to put this 11.8% figure into the context of the last few years. Is it possible to get the 2019 and 2020 figures of family harm incidents that were also firearms-related occurrences?

IR-01-22-10523 (PDF 368KB)

The police website states immigration is not a valid reason to obtain a visitor firearms license. How is a new migrate able to travel to New Zealand with Firearm's and legally possess them whilst their application for a full license is processed?

What is police policy about New Zealand firearms license holders who temporarily reside overseas bringing firearms back to New Zealand when they return?

What is the process for a New Zealand firearms license holder currently overseas to obtain an import permit in order to bring firearms back to New Zealand on their return?

What is the process for New Zealand FA license holders who residing overseas temporarily to bring with them B category firearms on there return to New Zealand where their current New Zealand license is only A cat but they are legally possessing a B cat firearm in the overseas jurisdiction? Can they bring the B cat firearm back with them and have the police or another New Zealand B cat holder take possession of firearm until they obtain the correct endorsement?

IR-01-22-4724 (PDF, 389KB)

In the last 10 years:

• How many people have been charged and/or convicted of stealing ammunition from gunshops
• How many people have been charged and/or convicted of stealing firearms from licensed owners' vehicles
• How many people have been charged and/or convicted of stealing ammunition from licensed owners' vehicles
• How many people have been charged and/or convicted of stealing firearms or ammunition from police vehicles
   

IR-01-22-3612 (PDF, 425KB)

How many Aucklanders have been charged with owning an illegal firearm from the years 2011 - 2021?

How many Aucklanders have been charged with a fraudulent / fake firearm licence from the years 2011 - 2021?

How many Aucklanders were charged assault, murder, attempted murder and aggravated robbery where a firearm was involved from the years 2011-2021?

How many recorded incidents have there been in Auckland where firearms were involved from the years 2011 - 2021 (any incident at all)?

How many Aucklanders within the Auckland region have been killed, seriously injured or threatened with a firearm from the years 2011 - 2021?
 

IR-01-22-4813 (PDF, 362KB)

The number of people, who hold a firearms licence, and who have no previous convictions, who are charged with an imprisonable offence which is not a firearms offence or which does not allege any involvement of firearms, who have their firearms licence revoked upon being charged.

I also request, by way of breakdown to the above data:    

(1) The number of people above whose charges would, upon conviction, result in disqualification under s 22H of the Arms Act 1983; and

(2) The number of people who went on to be convicted of the offence(s) charged; and

(3) The number of people who have had their firearms revocation quashed or cancelled and their firearms licence reinstated or reissued as a result of a review:

(a) With the Police, under s 62 of the Arms Act; or

(b) On appeal through the District Court, under s 62B of the Arms Act or any equivalent provision.
 

IR-01-22-6347 (PDF 361KB)

IR-01-19-8902 (PDF 1.63MB)

27 Mar 2019

1. Advice received both internal (police) and external sources (expert advice) on the objectives and form of questions to be asked of applicants, near relative, referees.
2. Reviews of the objectives and form of questions to be asked of applicants, near relative, referees.
3. Questionnaires from the implementation of the Arms Act 1983 to date (and any iteration that incorporates a significant review/change i.e. minor adjustments/typographical corrections etc are not required) used by vetting staff for interviews with applicants, near relative and referees.

IR-01-19-9376 (PDF 680KB)

1 Apr 2019

1. How many Australian citizens or prior residents have applied for a New Zealand firearms license in the last 10 years (broken down by year and citizenship or residency)
2. Out of how many of these applications has the New Zealand Police requested a criminal records check from Australian authorities?
3. How many licenses have been issued in the last 10 years, where the holder was later found to have had a criminal record in Australia? (broken down by year)
4. How many have these license holders have gone on to commit a criminal offense involving a firearm in New Zealand?
5. Was an Australian criminal check requested for Brenton Tarrant before he was granted his firearms license?

IR-01-19-9748 (PDF 683KB)

4 Apr 2019

1. the number of privately owned firearms that are lost or stolen each year; and
2. the number of firearms that have been lost by, or stolen from, the Police.

IR-01-19-10517 (PDF 1.1MB)

8 Apr 2019

I’m writing to ask if you can please supply data from 2000 to the present, showing number of licensed firearms owners in each district by year.

If you have a further breakdown by licence endorsements, that information would be very welcome, but not essential, please.

IR-01-19-10515 (PDF 672KB)

9 Apr 2019

IR-01-19-10292 (PDF 980KB)

9 Apr 2019

• How many firearms seizures did police make in 2017? How many people do the firearms seizures relate to?
• How many firearms seizures did police make in 2018? How many people do the firearms seizures relate to?
• How many firearms seizures did police make in 2019 – prior to March 19
• How many arrests were made in relation to the firearms seizures?

IR-01-19-12394 (PDF 9.14MB)

3 May 2019

• Could I please get the number of application for gun licences for the past five years - from 2019 to 2015
• Could I please get that broken down into months and regions, and gender?
• Could I please get applications that were accepted - broken down by months, regions & gender for the same amount of time?
• Could I please get the amount of applications rejected by months, region & age for the same period?
• Can I please get the reasons applications were not accepted?
• Could I please largest amount time of times someone has been denied? And for what reasons? And the region they are from?
• Could I please get the get the age of the oldest holder of a gun licence and also the youngest?

Anything else you could offer me about this topic would be appreciated.

IR-01-19-13691 (PDF 577KB)

15 May 2019

1. Since 1992 when the E Category classification for firearms was created, how many E Category firearms have been used in a criminal offence?
   Note: Please do not include those MSSA that are classified as an A Category firearm.
2. Of the above criminal offences if any that involved the use of an E Category firearm, how many of those were committed by the registered E Category Licensed firearm owner?
3. How many E Category firearms have been stolen since 1992?
4. How many of those stolen E Category firearms have been proven to be used in the commission of a criminal offence?

IR-01-19-15605 (PDF 1.31MB)

5 Jun 2019

• How many gun licences have been revoked since March 15, and how many have been surrendered? Can I please have this by district with a national total?
• How many gun licences were revoked and how many surrendered each year since 2014? Can I please have this by district with a national total?
• Also how many people who have reported they had illegal guns to hand in have been raided since March 15.

IR-01-19-23336

21 Jun 2019

IR-01-19-19935 (PDF 470KB)

22 Jul 2019

• How many gun license holders have been convicted of a firearm crime in the last ten years?
• How many in the last five years of their ten year license – during this same period.

IR-01-19-23454 (PDF 814KB)

26 Aug 2019

I have been told that:

1. A Wellington Arms Officer that was found not to have completed a great MANY vetting processes correctly due to massive backlog. He just signed off on the applications to clear the overload. When the failure came to light he was asked to resign.
2. No effort was made to vet the licenses he had issued as Police management (Wellington District Commander) when informed and asked 'what do we do with this issue'?, said 'it would be too much work' and that it would be easier to leave them until license renewals were required and re-vet them then.
3. The Palmerston North Police station evidence locker had a history of being broken into before the criminal managed to rob them of 11 firearms. Historic firearm thieves were internal, including more than one Senior Sargent from the station. They were ‘moved on’ from what I am told.

Is there any truth to these allegations?

IR-01-19-9161 (PDF 679KB)

28 Mar 2019

1. How many guns were relinquished in the Southland District between March 21 and March 28, 2019?
2. How many guns were relinquished in the Southland District between March 15 and March 21, 2019?
3. To which Southland police stations have guns been relinquished since March 21, 2019?
4. How many people hold gun licences in Southland as of March 28 2019?
5. How many semi-automatic guns licences were there in Southland, as of March 15?
6. How many firearms licenses have been declined in the Southland district between January 1 2014 and March 28 2019?
7. How many firearms licenses have been applied for in the Southland district between January 1 2014 and March 28 2019?
8. How many firearms licences have been granted in the Southland District between January 1 2014 and March 28 2019?

IR-01-19-9244 (PDF 349KB)

29 Mar 2019

I am requesting data on firearm related homicides that have been carried out with persons holding a firearm licence.

IR-01-19-9584 (PDF 340KB)

3 Apr 2019

Follow up to IR-01-18-12138.

I'm looking for the remaining data from the time period that request was filed, through to now.

The initial request supplies how many licensed firearm owners have been convicted of murder with a firearm, by year, for the last 20 years.

Would I be able to get a copy of those figures, as well as the figures for all of 2018 (as it is currently through to early December only) as well as and 2019 to date? These should be separated by year also.

IR-01-19-5909 (PDF 690KB)

28 Feb 2019

• How many incidents since January 1, 2018 were firearms presented at police officers? Can I also have this divided by police district.
• Did any of the incidents involved licensed firearm owners? If so, how many?
• How many were imitation firearms?
• How many times were police actively fired upon?
• How many police officers were injured in these incidents?
• How many members of the public were injured in these incidents?
• How many prosecutions resulted from these incidents?

  I also request all correspondence with and reports prepared regarding a national project that's being done on to gather more specific data on the number and types of incidents where firearms are presented at officers.
   

IR-01-19-7181 (PDF 687KB)

12 Mar 2019

• The number of firearms seized from visiting ships, by year, for the last ten years.
• The number of recovered stolen firearms that matched the serial numbers provided to police by shooting owners. By year, for the last ten years.
• The number of recovered firearms returned back to their owners who provided the serial numbers.
   

IR-01-19-7578 (PDF 609KB)

17 Mar 2019

• How many reports have you received about white supremacist/neo-nazi extremism in the past three years?
• How many reports have you received about other forms of extremism in the past three years?
• How many of the above reports related to persons who hold a firearms license? Please breakdown by license class.
• A break down of all staff involved in the granting and monitoring of firearms licenses by:
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity
  • Sworn vs non-sworn
  • Rank
  • Time in force

(please interpret "involved in granting and monitoring" as broadly as possible.)
 

IR-01-19-7586 (PDF 592KB)

17 Mar 2019

• I'm working on a big feature for tomorrow's papers and online, and I've come across what looks to be an excellently laid out resource from police, on the parliament website, regarding the problem of illegal firearms in particular.
• This document is likely a little out of date now though - the latest figures on it, going up to 2016. I was just hoping to check whether it was possible to get an update on some or all of these figures.
• And on the number of legal firearms within NZ, I'm working to the widely-reported topline figures of about 250,000 firearms licenses issued, approx 1.5m guns thought to be in NZ. Is there anything else police might like to add to that picture of legal firearms?
• Is it possible to know how many people roughly own Category A rifles, legally, which fall into the semi-automatic class? (Or is that we don't know, half the problem?)

IR-01-19-7765 (PDF 817KB)

17 Mar 2019

I am interested in information regarding the success rate of applications for firearm licences, and for firearm licence endorsements.
Please release the following information for the years 2015-2019, broken down by year, by police district, and by successful and failed applications:

1. The number of applications for each type of firearm licence…
   1. where the applicant has not previously held this type of licence.
   2. where the applicant has previously held this type of licence (i.e. applying for a renewal, or their licence had expired).
2. The number of applications for each type of firearm licence endorsement….
   1. where the applicant has not previously held this type of licence endorsement.
   2. where the applicant has previously held this type of licence endorsement (i.e. applying for a renewal, or their licence had expired).

Please also explain any relevant caveats that should be kept in mind when analysing this information.

I understand that some applications (particularly those made in 2019) may not yet have been fully completed, and therefore would not qualify as either successful or as failed. If the number of these applications is easy to include, I would be happy for it to be included. However, if it makes this request easier to process, I would also be happy for these applications to be excluded.

Please provide this information in a machine-readable spreadsheet format, such as CSV or XLSX.
 

IR-01-19-7936 (PDF 349KB)

18 Mar 2019

• Are you able to tell me how many semi-automatic weapons have been given to the police since the shooting on Friday?
• Could you break that down into how many each day?
• In addition to how many have been handed in, are you able to tell me how many people have handed semi-automatic weapons in?
• Also, how of any sort of guns in, including semi-automatics, have been handed in since Friday?
   

IR-01-19-7855 (PDF 349KB)

18 Mar 2019

• The number of people who have applied for a E endorsement on their firearms licence, and how many people have surrendered firearms (including how many of these were MSSAs) since Friday's terror attacks in Christchurch
   

IR-01-19-7923 (PDF 752KB)

18 Mar 2019

1. Can you please give me a breakdown on the number of people currently holding a gun license (known as ‘A license’?) and how many hold each endorsement on top of their license (B, C, E, D and F)?
2. Also, can you please tell me in the last calendar year, how many people applied for a gun license, how many were declined, and how many gun license holders were declined a B, C, E, D or F endorsement?
3. Can you please explain the role doctors/medical professionals may play in vetting firearms license/firearms endorsement applicants?
   On the firearms license application form under ‘What happens next’, it says, “Police will carry out an initial background check relevant to whether you are a fit and proper person to possess firearms or airguns,” and, “Police contact you to arrange an interview (during which we will also inspect your firearms security arrangements) after you complete the firearms practical training. We also interview your referees and complete any remaining enquiries,” and, “Police make a decision to approve or refuse your firearms licence application and issue your firearms card.”
4. During any of these steps, is the applicant, and the applicant’s referees, directly asked if the applicant has any criminal, psychiatric or drug issues?
5. What happens if there is a disparity between the applicant and referee answers?
6. Who in the police makes the final decision on whether a firearms license is granted/declined, does the applicant have right of appeal?
   
    

IR-01-19-7926 (PDF 371KB)

18 Mar 2019

1. A list of current New Zealand firearms licences, identified by the following information:
   • Type of licence (eg. dealer licence, visitor's licence)
   • Gender of licence holder
   • Age of licence holder
   • Endorsements on the licence
2. The total number of firearms licence holders and the total number of firearms licences with each endorsement type per region in New Zealand.
   
   Please release all of this information in spreadsheet format, preferably CSV or XSLX.
    

IR-01-19-8110 (PDF 341KB)

18 Mar 2019

I would be most grateful if you could provide me with the number of women who have been issued with a firearms licences for each of the past five years. For context, please also provide me with the total granted in each of the years.
 

IR-01-19-10002 (PDF 686KB)

19 Mar 2019

1. Can you tell me the boundaries of that area?
2. Can you tell me how many people have handed in guns to Whanganui Police since the mosque shootings on March 15?
3. Also, what types of weapons have been handed in, and how many of each?
4. And, if possible, what purpose the owners of those weapons may have had for possessing them?
5. Can you, also, say how many people in the Whanganui Police area own semi or automatic rifles and pistols? Or have licences and endorsements that would allow that?
    

IR-01-19-9043 (PDF 674KB)

20 Mar 2019

1. How many criminal incidents involving each of the following categories of firearm, legally held by a licensed owner, were committed by that owner in the last 10 years (since 28 March, 2009) A, B, C, E
2. How many criminal incidents involving legally held, but illegally modified A-Cat firearms were committed by their owner in the last 10 years?
3. How many criminal incidents involving any firearm were committed by persons not legally entitled to hold that category of firearm? (excluding illegally altered A-Cat which are illegal for any person to possess)
4. Of each of the above six scenarios, how many of these incidents resulted in personal injury to a person or persons other than the perpetrator?
    

IR-01-19-8022 (PDF 816KB)

21 Mar 2019

• In each of the last five years, how many firearms have been confiscated in Tauranga, Western Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Taupo and Eastern Bay of Plenty districts?
• Of these, what types of firearms were confiscated?
• Where were these firearms usually confiscated from? (Usually found during drug raids, or are they confiscated from vehicles, or while other police work is being undertaken?)
• How many people in Tauranga, Western Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Taupo and Eastern Bay of Plenty districts have gun licences? And can we please have a breakdown of how many have which kind of gun licence such as "E"?
• How many people in each of these districts have had their gun licenses revoked in each of the last five years and why?
   

IR-01-19-12358 (PDF 790KB)

2 May 2019

• A monthly breakdown beginning January 2018, detailing the number of illegal firearms seized by police in the Counties Manukau Policing District.
• Where possible, I ask police give an indication of which type of firearms have been seized.
• A monthly and geographical breakdown beginning January 2018, detailing the number of illegal firearms seized by police in each NZ Policing district.
   

IR-01-19-12889 (PDF 337KB)

9 May 2019

Follow up to IR-01-19-1419 and IR-01-19-6719.

• How many of the firearms that were not airguns/imitation were seized from dealers and how many were returned.
   

IR-01-19-13428 (PDF 682KB)

14 May 2019

• How many firearms offences were police called to in the month before and after the Christchurch terror attack?
• How many firearms offences were police called to from February 14 to March 14 2019?
• How many firearms offences were police called to from March 16 to April 16 2019?
• Please break down by region.
• Please include how many incidents resulted in charges.
   

IR-01-19-15463 (PDF 342KB)

29 May 2019

How much revenue does the police get from annual firearms licences, and how much does it cost to administer the scheme (new gun control lobby group argues the firearms licence scheme is effectively subsidised by taxpayers as it costs far more to administer compared to the cost of a licence)? is it possible to get this info per year for the last five years?
 

IR-01-19-9874 (PDF 350KB)

2 Apr 2019

How many guns were handed in on average before the Christchurch attacks? Either average monthly or weekly figures for the last 6 months?

IR-01-19-1596 (PDF 576KB)

21 Dec 2018

1. How many firearms, sold to the public by the armed services, have later been found in the hands of criminals?
2. List these arms.
    

IR-01-19-1435 (PDF 675KB)

15 Jan 2019

1. Can I please find out for each of the past five years (2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014 respectively) how many people have enrolled for the firearms safety programme?
2. Can I please also get a break down for each of those five years of how many people passed and how many people failed?
3. Can I please also get the same set of data regarding any renewal process involved in the firearms safety programme (how many in each of the five years and the pass/fail rate)?
    

IR-01-19-1195 (PDF 729KB)

15 Jan 2019

1. Between January 1 2018 and December 31 2018 (inclusive), how many firearms were reported stolen from licensed firearm holders? How many from licensed dealers? Please provide for each police district and what type of firearm.
2. Between January 1 2018 and December 31 2018 (inclusive), how many firearms were reported stolen from unlicensed firearm holders and dealers? Please provide for each police district and what type of firearm.
3. Between January 1 2018 and December 31 2018 (inclusive), how many firearms were seized by police? Please provide for each police district and what type of firearm.
4. Between January 1 2018 and December 31 2018 (inclusive), how many firearms reported stolen were later recovered by police and returned to their owners? Please provide for each police district and what type of firearm.
5. Of those firearms returned, what year were they reported missing?
    

IR-01-19-5842 (PDF 694KB)

27 Feb 2019

• How many call-outs have police been to in the past year where firearms have been located?
• How many call-outs have police been to in the past year where firearms have been used by an alleged offender?
• How many call-outs have police been to in the past year where firearms had to be used by police officers for either protection or against an armed offender?

Can EACH call-out be categorised under the appropriate category: ie. burglaries, robberies, property search, pursuit, failure to stop for officers, etc.
 

IR-01-19-6190 (PDF 673KB)

1 Mar 2019

• How many times in the years 2015, 2016 and 2018 were firearms presented at police officers?
• Did any of the incidents involved licensed firearm owners? If so, how many?
• How many were imitation firearms?
• How many times were police fired upon?
• How many police officers were injured in these incidents?
• How many members of the public were injured in these incidents?
• I’d like all of these broken down by year, please.
• How many times have police armed frontline staff in the past five years.
• When, where and why, for each arming?
• How many firearms does police have (broken down by pistols, bushrangers/rifles and any other firearms). I require a comparison to the number of firearms (broken down by type) police had in 2008.
   

IR-01-19-6227 (PDF 1.4MB)

1 Mar 2019

1. The number of visitor firearms licences issued and declined for the past 5 years broken down into month and year, age group, nationality and the reason for declining it?
2. The number of firearm licences issued and or declined to 16, 17 and 18-year-olds in NZ for the past 5 years broken down into month and year, gender, region/city and the reason for declining it?
3. The number of firearm licences that's been revoked or where the holder has been deemed unfit to carry a firearm for the past 5 years also broken down into month and year, region/city and the reason for revoking it.
    

IR-01-19-6719 (PDF 335KB)

4 Mar 2019

1. How many of these seized arms were actual firearms? Not airsoft toys or airguns. How many were arms that discharge a project by force of explosive gases?
    

IR-01-19-6384 (PDF 521KB)

4 Mar 2019

• Under the Official Information Act, I’d like to know the average length of time it took for people to obtain a firearms license in 2017 and 2018. I’d also like to know the shortest, and longest, length of time it took for someone to get a license.
• Further to this, I’d like to know how many people applied for a license, and how many were accepted or declined, during 2017 and 2018.
• If the renewal of a license is different to obtaining a new license, I’d also like to know the average length of time it took for people to renew their license, and again, the shortest and longest length of time it took to renew, in 2017 and 2018.
   

• How many licensed firearms holders are there in Taranaki?
• How many 'E' category license holders are there in Taranaki?
   

IR-01-19-8319 (PDF 656KB)

22 Mar 2019

Regarding the statement about the Christchurch terror attack, in your statement you said the accused provided two further referees who met the requirements.

1. According to the form, one referee needs to be a spouse, partner, or next of kin that is domiciled in New Zealand. How did you check that the accused was in a relationship or related to this person?
2. If it turns out there was a lie written on the form and due diligence was not taken in the checks, will charges be made against the person/ people police interviewed?
3. Will any police officers be censured if it turns out that incorrect information was put on the form, and not properly researched?
4. What checks are in place to ensure people are not lying/ all information supplied is correct when obtaining their gun license?
5. Can you please tell me what the threshold is for “knowing someone well” as stated on the gun license application form?
6. Can you please tell me the number of people, who do not have New Zealand citizenship or residency visas hold a New Zealand gun license?
7. How many people on short term visas to New Zealand hold gun licenses?
8. How many people on student visas hold New Zealand gun licenses?
9. Is it a requirement that police talk to each referee for gun licenses face to face, and how do you confirm that has happened?

17-6277-2 (PDF 2.1MB)

14 Feb 2018

Questions regarding claims made in a letter to the editor of The Dominion Post on 12 Feb 2018 in relation to firearms

IR-01-18-1640 (PDF 1.1MB)

29 Mar 2018

Questions regarding a firearm discharge at a former Army Drill Hall

IR-01-18-1598 (PDF 956KB)

6 Apr 2018

Questions regarding firearm discharge at Counties Manukau Police Station and MSSA special reason rules

IR-01-18-2688 (PDF 1.4MB)

6 Apr 2018

Follow up to the above questions

IR-01-18-1000 (PDF 1.7MB)

19 Apr 2018

Questions regarding import permit rules

IR-01-18-915 (PDF 1.2MB)

28 Apr 2018

Questions regarding privately manufactured firearms

IR-01-18-961 (PDF 332KB)

2 May 2018

Questions regarding a post made on social media in relation to firearms policy

IR-01-18-1390 (PDF 1.5MB)

8 May 2018

Questions regarding a post made on social media in relation to firearms policy

IR-01-18-5909 (PDF 502KB)

17 Jul 2018

1. Has there been another change in how MSSA with folding stocks are measured?
2. Is a fixed muzzle device still included?

IR-01-18-5831 (fyi.org.nz)

14 Jul 2018

Please supply evidence that attempts have been made to circumvent the special reason requirement as detailed in section 33 of the briefing for the minister of police.

IR-01-18-9121 (fyi.org.nz)

21 Aug 2018

1. Has there been another change in how MSSA with folding stocks are measured?
2. Is a fixed muzzle device still included?

IR-01-18-15985 (PDF 152KB)

5 Nov 2018

Information held by New Zealand Police as to the present number of .410 shotguns and bore guns presently held in NZ

IR-01-18-15444 (PDF 673KB)

7 Nov 2018

1. How many times have Police been shot at in the last five years?
2. By incident - was the offender licensed?
3. How did the incident begin? Car chase etc.

IR-01-18-16093 (PDF 217KB)

12 Nov 2018

Questions regarding how firearms are counted by Police

IR-01-18-17024 (PDF 254KB)

25 Nov 2018

How many murders were committed with firearms, for the last ten years, by Police region.

IR-01-18-17326 (PDF 328KB)

28 Nov 2018

1.  Am I correct that there is nothing in law that requires people to 'give details' for recording when purchasing airsoft guns from retailers? Just proof of age?
2. What details are Police now insisting that shops record with sales?
3. What justification have police for imposing this recording system on retailers?
4. What law compels shops to participate?
5. Is it appropriate for Police to extort shops with extra legal requirements on threat of denying import permits?

IR-01-18-18031 (PDF 700KB)

5 Dec 2018

1. How many officers were shot at with firearms?
2. How many people were charged with attempted murder?
3. How many were drug dealers?
4. Why was attempted murder charge dropped?

IR-01-18-18429 (PDF 416KB)

11 Dec 2018

1. What is the longest delay in the last year for processing a firearm import permit?
2. What is the longest delay in the last year for processing a firearm part import permit?

IR-01-18-18538 (PDF 349KB)

12 Dec 2018

Questions regarding a media article about a specific offender

IR-01-18-12138 (PDF 590KB)

19 Dec 2018

How many licensed firearm owners have been convicted of murder with a firearm - by year - in the last twenty years.

IR-01-19-1210 (PDF 335KB)

14 Jan 2019

Would you please be able to provide the number of people that have successfully attained a firearms licence in the Ashburton District in 2018.

IR-01-19-1259 (PDF 574KB)

15 Jan 2019

1. The number of members of pistol clubs in Otago;
2. The number of members of pistol clubs in Southland;
3. A list of all pistol clubs in Otago and Southland, along with each of their most recent membership numbers;
4. The number of pistol club members in NZ as a whole

IR-01-18-5766 (PDF 200KB)

21 Jun 2018

1. How many firearms have become unaccountable for – including those later recovered – while under the responsibility of New Zealand airports?
2. Have airport armories [sic] been certified to meet the new police storage standards? If so, when were these inspections carried out and by whom?”
    

IR-01-18-10572

 3 Sep 2018

1. any documentation Police have outlined for the future of firearm regulations planned for firearm license holders, specifically A endorsement.
2. Further to this, I would also like the documents Police currently have which define what features a firearm must have in order to be considered an 'Assault Rifle', as Police website has a form (https://forms.police.govt.nz/firearms/visitors-application) which portrays an MSSA to be also considered an Assault Rifle (Under the "Firearm types you are permitted to possess in your home country" section). What is commonly referred to as an Assault Rifle would require it to have selective fire rates (Semi, Burst, Auto), so this is very confusing why the association is being made between MSSA and "Assault Rifle".
    

IR-01-18-8266

4 Sep 2018

1. I request the number of new firearms licence applications received by the New Zealand Police, by month, for each of the 12 months prior to and including August 2018.
2. I request the number of new firearms licences granted by the New Zealand Police, by month, for each of the 12 months prior to and including August 2018.

• For the avoidance of doubt, I do not require information regarding firearms licence renewals.
   

IR-01-18-10187 (PDF 798KB)

 4 Sep 2018

1. I would like to know how many shootings police have dealt with over the past 10 years (from January 1, 2008). I want to know the rate of shootings (based on crime rate per 100,000 people).
2. I would like to know the number of injuries, and the number of deaths, from these incidents. I would also like to know the location of the shootings.

• I want these figures broken down by month throughout that time period.
   

Could Police please provide updated gun crime data, including rates of gun crime, previously sent to me.

The data includes:

• Occurrences with firearms-related offences
• Occurrences with firearms-related offences per 100,000 estimated residents
• Occurrences with firearms-related offences where an injury was recorded
• Occurrences with firearms-related offences and murder or manslaughter with a firearm
• The data should be broken down monthly, and by police district.

IR-01-21-24724 (PDF, 513KB)

Over the past couple of years I’ve asked for gun crime data.

Under the OIA, could police provide the most up to date data. I’m just wanting the same type of information, monthly and by region, hopefully up until July this year

IR-01- 20-3835 (PDF 655KB)

In 2018, I received an OIA showing gun offence data for 10 years, to the end of 2017.

I’d like to get an update on that data, from the beginning of 2018 until now.

Could I get the following, broken down by region and month, between January 2018 and January 2020.

• Occurrences with firearms-related offences
• Occurrences with firearms-related offences per 100,000 estimated residents
• Occurrences with firearms-related offences where an injury was recorded
• Occurrences with firearms-related offences and murder or manslaughter with a firearm

IR-01-18-11326 (PDF 400KB)

7 Sep 2018

1. How many inspections per Police region have taken place of firearm storage arrangements for licence holders with B, C, E or F endorsements (ie pistols, MSSAs and restricted weapons) in the last ten years?
2. Whether, in the last five years, Police storage inspections for any firearm licence category (ie without endorsements), have revealed that firearms are being stored in a "survival type” bunkers, panic rooms, or other facilities which are clearly designed to house people and supplies during emergencies?
3. Whether, even if these facilities meet the storage regulations, the Police would consider the storage of firearms in survival bunkers or panic rooms appropriate, given that “self-defense” [sic] is not considered a legitimate reason to own a firearm in New Zealand?
4. Whether the Police consider whether a firearm’s licence holder or applicant has a survival bunker, panic room or similar facility on their property where the guns are normally stored indicates they intend to use a firearm for the purposes of self-defense [sic]?
5. Whether in the last ten years, any licence application has been denied, or licence has been revoked on the grounds that the Police believed the individual was intending to possess firearms for the purposes of self-defence?
6. Whether, as indicated in the reporting, it concerns the Police that these facilities might be being built in secret, and therefore could be used to store unlicensed firearms, or other restricted items such as explosives in a way which cannot be inspected.
7. Do Police, or emergency services in general, need to be made aware of any form of bunker or emergency shelters installed on a property?
    

IR-01-18-11101 (PDF 329KB)

14 Sep 2018

1. The number of legal firearms in New Zealand
2. The number of current gun licences In New Zealand
3. The current or an estimate of the illegal firearms in New Zealand
4. How many illegal firearms where [sic] surrendered if there was an illegal firearms amnesty done?
5. How many crimes committed using firearms were committed with an illegal firearm in the last five years?
6. How many crimes committed using firearms were committed with a legal firearm in the last five years?
7. How many firearms were confiscated in the last five years? Breakdown of what type of firearms and where they were confiscated from?
8. The youngest offender to be caught with a firearm?
9. How many police officers have been threatened with firearms and injured in the last five years?
    

IR-01-18-13314 (PDF 300KB)

19 Sep 2018

1. How many licensed firearm owners with ‘E’ category endorsements have been convicted of committing serious offences with MSSA rifles featuring length reducing stocks in the last five years?
2. How many of these crimes would not have been possible if the stocks were not capable of folding / telescoping to a shorter carry length?
3. How many unlicensed firearm users have been convicted of committing serious offences with MSSA rifles featuring length reducing stocks in the last five years.
4. How many of these crimes would not have been possible if the stocks were not capable of folding / telescoping to a shorter carry length?
5. Please provide the number of convictions for serious firearm offences by licence holders in the last five years.
    

IR-01-18-12085 (PDF 212KB)

21 Sep 2018

• Policy about TradeMe purchases of firearms
   

IR-01-18-12064 (PDF 322KB)

21 Sep 2018

• Reason for storage guidance published in regards to restricted weapons
   

IR-01-18-12383 (PDF 286KB)

 26 Sep 2018

1. The number of military-style semi-automatic weapons, pistols, and restricted weapons in the Southern District linked to licence holders, broken down by whether they are a military-style semi-automatic weapon, pistol, or restricted weapon, and further broken down by Otago Coastal, Otago Lakes Central and Southland areas.
2. The same number of military-style semi-automatic weapons, pistols, and restricted weapons for each of the other 11 police districts.
    

IR-01-18-12368 (PDF 329KB)

26 Sep 2018

1. The number of firearms seized by police every year since 2008 in the Southern District, including 2018 to September, broken down by year, and by area (Otago- Lakes Central, Otago Coastal, and Southland).
2. The number of firearms seized by police every year since 2008 in the Southern District, including 2018 to September, in NZ as a whole, broken down by firearm type and location/area of seizure.
3. The number of firearms seized by police every year since 2008 in New Zealand, including 2018 to September, broken down by year, and by firearm type.
4. The number of firearm licence applications every year since 2008 up to September 2018 broken down by year in the Southern District.
5. The figures from question (4) broken down by police station in the Southern District.
6. The number of approved firearm licence applications every year since 2008 up to September 2018 broken down by year in the Southern District.
7. The figures from question (6) broken down by police station in the Southern District.
    

IR-01-18-12210 (PDF 196KB)

 28 Sep 2018

• Legal basis for making number of firearms available to vettors
   

IR-01-18-12200 (PDF 275KB)

28 Sep 2018

1. The number of firearms seized nationally, each year for the past five years, broken down by firearm type.
2. The same figures as above, broken down to the Queenstown police station area.
    

IR-01-18-13508 (PDF 320KB)

 12 Oct 2018

• The numbers of attendees at each firearms community session held by the Arms Act Service Delivery Group.
   

IR-01-18-14327 PDF 238KB)

 25 Oct 2018

• Storage of A and E category firearms and parts
   

IR-01-18-2779 (PDF 810KB)

15 Apr 2018

1. I found a report on the number of homicides in New Zealand between 2007 and 2014, and I was wondering if there are any reports that go back further – I am trying to determine a trend of firearm homicides and would like to go back a little further than 2007.
2. I understand that NZ Customs has created a report on 3D printing and the threat that that poses, and I was wondering if NZ Police had anything similar.
    

IR-01-18-2103 (PDF 391KB)

22 May 2018

1. How many licensed firearm owners were convicted of breaches of the Arms Amendment Bill in the last year of record?
2. How many licensed firearm owners in [each of the twelve Police districts] were convicted of a breach of the Arms Amendment Bill discovered during a random check in the last year of record?
3. How many licensed firearms owners in [each of the twelve Police districts] were convicted of a breach of the Arms Amendment Bill discovered during their ten yearly renewal in the last year of record?
    

IR-01-18-2021 (PDF 1.4MB)

23 May 2018

1. Please provide a copy of the current police policy that dictates or demands districts obtain serial numbers for firearm purchases via the section 43A mail order?
2. Garth's emails state that Districts have been instructed to obtain serial numbers for mail orders. Is this true?
3. Please provide reference to any relevant legislation that states a seller or buyer must provide a serial number for a section 43A mail order of a firearm.
4. Please provide the Name and QID and rank of the officer at PNHQ who was instructed that arms officers are to obtain serial numbers for firearm purchases via section 43A mail order and any records of this.
5. Again Garth's emails state that Districts have been advised to, if so, who has advised them of this?
6. Please provide any and all policy documents, in addition to the guidelines set out in the police Arms Manual 2002, that police staff use when completing a section 43A mail order request from a firearms licence holder.
    

IR-01-18-2637 (PDF 315KB)

1 Jun 2018

1. How many restricted category firearms have been seized from criminals in the last ten years?
2. How many of those were not found in the system as having previous lawful owners?
    

IR-01-18-2702 (PDF 881KB)

5 Jun 2018

1. How much did you spend on all bullet traps for the arms offices.
2. How much was installation.
3. Are you aware that officers don’t use them because of their location?
    

IR-01-18-916 (PDF 622KB)

15 Jun 2018

• How many criminally modified – cut down – firearms have Police encountered in the hands of criminals over the last ten years – by year.
   

IR-01-18-2922 (PDF 1.2MB)

12 Jun 2018

1. The number of firearms seized by police every year since 2008. Please include a yearly breakdown.
2. If possible, please provide a breakdown on the figures from question 1 on the type of firearms seized (pistols, rifles, automatic weapons, etc.). Please include yearly figures since 2008.
3. Please provide regional breakdowns of the figures requested in questions 1 and 2.
4. The number of firearm licence applications every year since 2008. Please include a yearly breakdown of the figures.
5. The number of approved firearm licence applications every year since 2008. Please include a yearly breakdown of the figures.
    

IR-01-18-4251 (PDF 536KB)

27 Jun 2018

1. Statistics of crimes in the past 10 years involving a firearm in which the firearm was used in an offensive manger (ie: Armed robbery, threatening, etc) by firearms license holders.
2. Provide the same statistics criteria, but by people possessing the arms without ever having had a license.
3. Comment in regards to the US’s approach to firearm ownership with the 2nd Amendment.
    

IR-01-18-4898 (PDF 617KB)

29 Jun 2018

1. For each of the last 10 years how many Northland people have applied for a firearms licence?
2. For each of the last 10 years how many Northland people have been granted a firearms licence?
3. For each of the last 10 years how many Northland people have had to hand in their firearms licence?
4. For each of the last 10 years how many firearms have been seized by police?
    

IR-01-18-4969 (PDF 592KB)

5 Jul 2018

1. How many firearms have police seized from licensed shooters – by year – in the last ten years
2. And how many were then later returned.
    

IR-01-18-5853 (PDF 223KB)

17 Jul 2018

1. How many registered firearms are there in New Zealand? Please include yearly figures from 2008.
2. Do Police carry estimates of how many illegal firearms there are in New Zealand? If so, please provide yearly estimates from 2008.
    

IR-01-18-6483 (PDF 430KB)

22 Jul 2018

• How many SP5 firearms have been imported into New Zealand?
   

IR-01-18-6755 (PDF 728KB)

22 Jul 2018

• What firearm was discussed in a court case – was it SP5K?
   

IR-01-18-8858 (PDF 603KB)

20 Aug 2018

1. Is there any evidence to suggest a lower rate of firearm offending by holders of a NZ Firearms license since the life time license was scrapped?
2. Please provide the number of convictions for serious firearm offenses by license holders in the fives years before and after the change.