If you’re applying for or reapplying for a firearms licence, or endorsement from 24 June 2023, you must register all items in your possession within 30 days of submission, including those you have a permit for.
This does not apply if you submitted your application before 24 June 2023.
To collect arms items, you must apply for an endorsement as a bona fide collector.
You must apply for an endorsement if you want to keep any of the following items as a memento or heirloom:
For definitions of these items, visit:
If the endorsement is for prohibited firearms or prohibited magazines, you must:
If the endorsement is for pistols or restricted weapons, you must:
An endorsement lasts until:
When you apply for an endorsement, you need to provide the following information.
If the item is an heirloom, you need to describe when and how it came into your family and why it is of significance to you.
If the item is a memento, you need to describe the event or person it is kept in memory of, and how it is of special significance to you.
You need to describe, in your own words:
For information about your obligations, visit Conditions
You must:
Your security arrangements will be inspected.
If you do not have secure storage yet, you must arrange for it to be installed. Your application will not be approved until Te Tari Pūreke are satisfied with your secure storage arrangements.
If you are only applying for an endorsement, and not a licence, you must provide a photo.
You must supply a recent, good quality digital photograph that is a good likeness of yourself. A scanned copy of a photograph will not be accepted.
The photograph must meet the minimum requirements as set out in Regulation 30 of the Arms Regulations 1992. Passport photos from commercial outlets will typically meet these requirements.
This means the photograph must:
We will not accept photographs that do not meet these standards.
You will be asked to provide a referee who understands the special significance of the arms item to you.
They do not need to have a firearms licence.
You may have to answer the same questions in your firearms licence application and your endorsement application – even if you are applying for them at the same time.
When you reapply for your firearms licence, you must also reapply for your endorsement.
It costs $204 to apply for an endorsement.
If you apply for other endorsements at the same time, you only pay $204 in total.
This endorsement fee is in addition to a licence application fee.
Fees include GST.
Fees cover the cost of processing your application and are not refundable regardless of the outcome of your application.
Once you have an endorsement, you are eligible to apply for a permit to possess or import your memento or heirloom item.
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