Wellington firearms owners have registered 7,069 firearms to date. Licenced firearms owners across the country have responded well to the Registry, with it taking just seven months to get to the 100,000th firearm recorded into the system. This is from .
Firearms owners from the Bay of Plenty District have engaged early and well, registering their firearms in the new Registry. Firearms licence holders from Tauranga, Whakatāne and Rotorua, have registered 10,098 firearms to date, just behind Central District’s .
More than 100,000 firearms have now been entered into New Zealand’s new Firearms Registry. Licenced firearms owners across the country have responded well to the Registry, with it taking just seven months to get to the 100,000th firearm recorded .