People holding an active firearms licence in New Zealand

‘Active’ licences refer to any standard, dealer or visitor licence holder who is legally allowed to possess firearms due to holding a current firearms licence.

Data contained in this dataset is drawn from a dynamic operational database and is subject to change as new information is recorded or updated. Information is current as at date indicated.

At URL provided, download 'Firearms Information Summary Report June25.xlsx'.

Firearms Data 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.

Proactively released information, including Cabinet papers, firearms data and Official Information Act requests. Te Tari Pūreke proactively releases information as part of its commitment to openness and transparency.