Firearms Official Information Act proactive public releases (September 2018)

Date Published

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-01-18-2779 (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.