Official Information Act Responses (OIAs)

Guidance documents

• 2024 January - Guidance Documents - IR012339875 - Part 1 (PDF 356.35 KB)
• 2024 January - Guidance Documents - IR012339875 - Part 2a (PDF 9.89 MB)
• 2024 January - Guidance Documents - IR012339875 - Part 2b (PDF 4.59 MB)
• 2024 January - Guidance Documents - IR012339875 - Part 2c (PDF 6.09 MB)

Fit and proper status

• 2026 February - Fit and Proper - IR01262265 (PDF 311.22 KB)
• 2026 February - Mental health notifications and licence revocations - IR01261385 (PDF 348.86 KB)
• 2025 August - Fit and Proper - IR012528978 (PDF 424.77 KB)
• 2025 June - Guidance Documents - IR012515242 (PDF 398.05 KB)
• 2025 May - Guidance Documents - IR012515239 (PDF 310.64 KB)
• 2025 February - Fit and Proper - IR01252187 (PDF 814.39 KB)
• 2025 January - Pistol endorsement holders, failure to meet obligations-IR012442316 (PDF 1.25 MB)
• 2024 December - Offending by endorsement holders, 1984 to 2024-IR012437073 (PDF 1.23 MB)
• 2024 November - firearms licences and sovereign citizens-IR012436910 (PDF 1.58 MB)
• 2024 March - Fit and proper status - IR01245679 (PDF 685.27 KB)

Licence cards

2026 April - Firearms Licence cards procurement process - IR012610902 (PDF 392.48 KB)

Licence refusals

• 2026 February - Firearms Licence Applications - IR01262316 (PDF 951.55 KB)
• 2026 January - Licences issued - IR012543077 (PDF 617.95 KB)
• 2025 March - Firearm Statistics - IR01254196 (PDF 764.55 KB)

Licence suspensions and revocations 

• 2026 March - Licence Revocations - IR01262301 (PDF 1.57 MB)
• 2024 August - Suspensions and revocations - IR012424132 (PDF 342.61 KB)
• 2024 May - Licence revocations - IR012414407 (PDF 337.08 KB)
• 2024 April - Licence revocations - IR01249097 (PDF 455.76 KB)
• 2024 April - Licence revocations - IR01248056 (PDF 481.16 KB)

Surrender of firearms

• 2025 November - Guidance Documents - IR012538447 (PDF 383 KB) 
• 2025 February - Guidance Documents - IR01252804 (PDF 683.46 KB)

Training

• 2025 April - Guidance documents - IR012512175 (PDF 345.87 KB)

Data

• 2025 June - Firearm Statistics - IR012520905 (PDF 3.47 MB)
• 2025 June - Firearm Statistics - IR012514154 - Part 1 (PDF 4.29 MB)
• 2025 June - Firearm Statistics - IR012514154 - Part 2 (PDF 6.7 MB)
• 2025 March - Firearm Statistics - IR01254452 (PDF 541.89 KB)
• 2024 December - Guidance Documents - IR012441287 (PDF 493.87 KB)

Firearms importations

• 2026 February - Reports on models Tippmann M4-22, UTAS 516, UTAS 716 and Guncraft AR15 including approval process - IR0126553 (PDF 6.03 MB)
• 2026 January - Firearms Importation - IR012546057 (PDF 387.01 KB)
• 2026 January - Firearms importations - IR012541737 (PDF 333.41 KB)
• 2025 October - Firearms Statistics - IR012535183 (PDF 382.16 KB)
• 2024 December - Guidance Documents - IR012441320 (PDF 1.48 MB)

P Category (Pest Control) Endorsement

• 2025 August - Firearms Statistics - IR012524794 (PDF 375.58 KB)

Data

• March 2024 – Seizures and thefts by firearms type IR01245038 (PDF 379.59 KB)

Arms Act and Registry Review 

• 2025 February Arms Act rewrite submission IR-01-26-30186 (PDF 2.76 MB)
• 2024 September reports and emails about 2024 firearms reforms IR-01-24-21954 (part 1) (PDF 10.3 MB)
• 2024 September reports and emails about 2024 firearms reforms IR-01-24-21954 (part 2) (PDF 2.93 MB)

Firearms policies

• 2026 April - Policy for granting suitable endorsements to allow – No. of Troy PAR 223 pump action rifles held by Pest controllers – Queries on policy on modification of .22 or lower configured as lever, bolt and pump action firearms with non-detachable tubular - IR01266261 (PDF 383.65 KB)
• 2026 March - Policy on modification of .22 or lower configured as lever, bolt and pump action firearms with non-detachable tubular magazines – IR01266269 (PDF 377.93 KB)
• 2026 February - Policy on modification of .22 or lower configured as lever, bolt and pump action firearms with non-detachable tubular magazines - IR012546056 (PDF 5.98 MB)

Responsibilities and accountabilities

• 2025 November - Guidance Documents - IR012537359 (PDF 323.17 KB)
• 2025 March - Guidance Documents - IR01255560 (PDF 694.92 KB)

Staffing and costs

• 2026 January - FSA Pounamu - IR0126986 (PDF 860.52 KB)
• 2026 January - Armourers - IR012546051 (PDF 312.52 KB)
• 2025 December - Firearms Statistics - IR012538690 (PDF 505.09 KB)
• 2025 October - Guidance Documents - IR012533748 (PDF 1.86 MB)
• 2025 July - Firearms Statistics - IR012519453 (PDF 4.52 MB)
• 2025 June - Firearms Statistics - IR012516464 (PDF 358.79 KB)
• 2025 June - Firearms Statistics - IR012519160 (PDF 783.59 KB)
• 2025 April - Firearms Statistics - IR01256426 (PDF 1.92 MB)

Modifying firearms

• 2026 April - Complaints that FSA communications being marked as spam – Communications with communications companies regarding FSA communications being marked as spam – IR012613111 (PDF 315.51 KB)

IT and Databases

• 2026 March - Registry Call Recordings - IR01264886 (PDF 366.68 KB)
• 2026 March - Bulk Email Communications - IR01264256 (PDF 1,084 KB)
• 2026 February - Arms Act Rewrite Communications - IR01263940 (PDF 347.39 KB)
• 2025 February - Firearms Statistics - IR01254435 (PDF 818.22 KB)

Data

• 2025 May - Firearm Statistics - IR012515978 (PDF 350.04 KB)

Processes and Systems

• 2026 February - Firearms Reference Spreadsheet info – Collectors firearms data and guidance – Changes made to MyFirearms site – No. of firearms registered online v call centre and on Firearms Reference Spreadsheet – User feedback on firearms registration system – Duplicate firearms registered - IR012544223 - PART 1 (PDF 7.42 MB)
• 2026 February - Firearms Reference Spreadsheet info – Collectors firearms data and guidance – Changes made to MyFirearms site – No. of firearms registered online v call centre and on Firearms Reference Spreadsheet – User feedback on firearms registration system – Duplicate firearms registered - IR012544223 - PART 2 (PDF 6.87 MB)

Security and access

• 2025 February - Firearms Statistics - IR01254435 (PDF 818.22 KB)
• 2024 May - IT and Databases - IR012413860 (PDF 332.24 KB)
• 2024 May - IT and Databases - IR012416550 (PDF 1.43 MB) 
• 2023 December - IT and Databases - IR012336681 (PDF 325.67 KB)

Data

• 2025 December - Firearms Statistics - IR012540427 (PDF 322.07 KB)
• 2025 September - Firearms Statistics - IR012530343 (PDF 370.46 KB) 
• 2025 February - Firearms Statistics - IR01254436 (PDF 357.26 KB)

Improvement notices

• 2024 October - Clubs and Ranges, Improvement Notices-IR012434354 (PDF 947.85 KB)

Data

• 2025 February - Clubs and Ranges - IR01253636 (PDF 699 KB)