Firearms Official Information Act proactive public releases (October 2022)

Firearms Official Information Act proactive public releases (October 2022)

Date Published: 
January 2023

In keeping with the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 2016-2018, and as Administrator of the Arms Act 1983, Police is releasing its responses to some recent Official Information Act requests, where it is considered they contain data and information that has wider public interest.

For more information, go to Firearms and safety.

Reference

Date of request

Information requested

IR-01-22-2650 (PDF 396 KB) 31 August 2022
  • How many people have been shot and killed by someone who holds a New Zealand firearms licence in the period between 01/01/2018 and 01/01/2019.
  • How many people have been shot and killed by someone who holds a New Zealand firearms licence in the period between 01/01/2019 and 01/01/2020.
  • How many people have been shot and killed by someone who holds a New Zealand firearms licence in the period between 01/01/2020 and 01/01/2021.
  • How many people have been shot and killed by someone who holds a New Zealand firearms licence in the period between 01/01/2021 and 01/01/2022.
  • How many people have been shot and killed by someone who holds a New Zealand firearms licence in the period between 01/01/2022 and 31/08/2022.