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1. Southern gun owners topping firearms registration

   South Island firearms owners, especially those from the Southern and Canterbury Police ... leading the way in the new Firearm Registry. Licenced firearms owners across the country have responded well to the Registry, with it ... licence holders in New Zealand. Te Tari Pūreke - Firearms Safety Authority Executive Director, Angela Brazier, says she’d like ...

   jtenk9 - 15/01/2024 - 11:54am

2. Police praise firearms owners’ response to the buy-back

   NZ Police today thanked Kiwi firearms owners for doing the right thing as it announced provisional figures for firearms handed in during the six month prohibited firearms buy-back and amnesty.  “As of midnight, 20 December 2019, ...

   YANX45 - 21/12/2019 - 1:10pm

3. Firearms Registry to stop criminals and gangs getting guns

   With law-abiding firearms licence holders filling in the new digital Firearms Registry, it will make it much harder for gangs and criminals to ... says Police. Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says the Firearms Registry launched today [Sat 24 June], will over time create a ...

   rpel50 - 29/06/2023 - 12:05pm

4. Former firearms licence holder held accountable for diverting guns

   A former firearms licence holder who supplied a significant number of firearms to the black market has been held accountable for his offending in ... years, seven months imprisonment on ten charges involving firearms, class A drugs, and explosives. He pleaded guilty to charges ...

   rpel50 - 10/12/2024 - 4:25pm

5. Two arrested, firearms and meth seized during search warrants in Manurewa (+ photos)

   ... Police have arrested two men and seized methamphetamine, firearms and cash during search warrants today. A number of properties in ... and cash were recovered from the properties. Four firearms and ammunition were also recovered as a result of today’s operation. ...

   nbft70 - 10/02/2021 - 4:20pm

6. Firearms Registry cracks 400,000th firearm

   More than a third of all firearms licence holders have registered their firearms, with New Zealand’s Firearms Registry recording its 400,000th gun now linked to an individual ...

   jtenk9 - 07/05/2025 - 7:45am

7. Operation Tauwhiro sees 64 firearms seized in Northland, 42 arrested

   ... launched by Police earlier this year aiming to prevent firearms getting in the hands of criminals is seeing great results in Northland, with dozens of unlawful firearms seized. Operation Tauwhiro was rolled out in February to target ...

   nbft70 - 03/06/2021 - 4:45pm

8. Survey in trust and confidence in the firearms system

   The Firearms Safety Authority is undertaking its second survey with the public and firearms licence holders to measure public confidence in the firearms licensing system. Executive Director Angela Brazier says it’s ...

   smjd15 - 10/04/2024 - 1:35pm

9. Firearms buy-back and amnesty collection events

   ... events around the country today as part of the prohibited firearms buy-back and amnesty scheme.    Collection events were held in ... district include the following:    Bay of Plenty: 41 firearms owners were processed, handing in a total of 64 prohibited firearms ...

   rpel50 - 19/07/2019 - 5:34pm

10. Firearms safety important in rural areas

    ... of rural burglaries leads Canterbury police to remind rural firearms holders of their security obligations. William Stewart faces a ... of charges relating to burglaries, alleged driving offences, firearms and drug offences, all allegedly committed in the Selwyn and Mid - ...

    webadmin - 15/07/2009 - 2:37pm