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Firearms Registry
New Zealand’s Firearms Registry will hold details about all licence holders and their arms items. Find out when you’re required to provide information, how to register, and how to get help if you need it.
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New Registry obligations
Under the Arms Act 2026, Business licence holders need to ensure information about arms items in their possession is recorded in the Arms Registry.
Some Business licence holders (formerly Dealer licence holders) who have not previously provided information to the Arms Registry, may be required to provide this information by 24 June 2029 to help keep the Registry complete and up to date.
The extension of this timeframe by one year (previously scheduled for 2028) will allow the new digital Arms System to be developed, which is expected to simplify how businesses register their arms items.
See more information about Using the Business Transactions form and the Business licence requirements.
Learn more about What the Firearms Registry means for business
Find out more in the Arms Act 2026 about Obligation to provide information to arms registry and Obligations relating to registry
Review of the Firearms Registry
Review of Firearms Registry finds public safety benefits and recommends it continue
13 May 2025
A review of the Firearms Registry carried out by the Ministry of Justice has found the Registry is helping protect the public from harm and that it should continue.
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