Register your firearms

New Zealand will soon have a new firearms registry. If you’re a firearms licence holder, you’re required to register information about your arms items from 24 June 2023. There’s no charge for registering your firearms.

The Registry will help us make New Zealand safer.

You have until 24 June 2028 to register your firearms. However, there are activating circumstances where you must provide information to the Registry within a shorter time frame. When one of these circumstances happen, you’ll be contacted about what you need to do.

Examples of activating circumstances:
Applying for a licence or endorsement
Notifying us of a change of circumstance
Selling, hiring, purchasing, or receiving
Importing, exporting, or manufacturing
Theft, loss, or destruction
You are subject to any compliance or enforcement action under the Arms Act.

What needs to be registered:
Non-prohibited firearms
(especially dangerous airguns)
Prohibited firearms
Pistols
Restricted weapons

Details needed to register your arms items:
Type (rifle, shotgun, etc)
Make
Model
Action
Calibre/gauge
Identifying marking (serial number)

Register online from 24 June 2023

It will be quick and easy to register your firearms at www.firearmssafetyauthority.govt.nz from 24 June. Just click on MyFirearms, the private and secure portal that houses the Registry. Otherwise, our Registry and Services team will be available by phone to help during business hours.