New Zealand Police is seeking feedback regarding the secure storage requirements for firearm licence holders.

Below is the draft Firearms Secure Storage Policy and the report on Security and Storage of Firearms Public Submissions. The report will provide the reader with an understanding of submissions received as a result of the 2017 consultation and what action was taken.

If you would like to provide feedback please email it to us on secure-storage-firearms@police.govt.nz. Feedback closed at 5pm on 16 May 2018.

Your feedback may be made publicly available by Police on its website, or to members of the public who request copies of submissions. Please indicate clearly if your identity or comments are provided in confidence, or if there is some other reason they should not be disclosed.  Any request for non-disclosure will be considered in terms of the Official Information Act 1982. Your feedback may be edited for publication to anonymise it or remove sensitive information.

For further information, please visit Firearms' News and Updates section.

In this Annual Report you will read what Police planned to do and what we actually did. Highlights in the year 2016/17 included:

• Police completed the 47 Police-specific recommendations resulting from the Commission of Inquiry into Police conduct which signed off ten years of reforms.
• The Child Sex Offender Register was introduced on 14 October 2016. This gives Police another tool to help protect some of the most vulnerable members of our communities.
• Police involvement and assistance with the communities affected by the Kaikoura earthquake response, the Christchurch fires, and the Bay of Plenty Floods.
• The implementation of the new OnDuty™ Family Harm Solution that gives officers more time to focus on the investigation at the incident and supply and receive real time information via their iPhone to Police databases and other agencies electronically. The efficiency gains from this solution also mean that officers will be able to reinvest their ‘paperwork’ time back in to frontline activities.
• The roll out of the new OnDuty™ Road Policing mobility application which has resulted in a reduction in the time an officer spends completing a standard driver and vehicle query, including completing subsequent infringement notices on their iPhone.
• We acknowledged and celebrated the 75th anniversary of women in policing.
• Police were able to recognise and celebrate the enormous contribution of female police officers through the years.
• Police raised the priority of dwelling burglaries to ensure that extra support is available from our intelligence groups and district and national level operations.
• The conclusion of a successful joint operation with the New Zealand Customs Service in October 2016 where around 17 kilograms of methamphetamine with a street value of $17 million was seized.