Appendix 2
Importation of Firearms, 1880–1996
|
Number of firearms |
|
Number of firearms |
|
3,723 |
|
15,384 |
|
2,818 |
|
11,897 |
|
2,937 |
|
13,537 |
|
3,954 |
|
12,231 |
|
3,149 |
|
14,070 |
|
2,165 |
|
4,706 |
|
1,805 |
|
3,642 |
|
2,465 |
|
8,688 |
|
2,273 |
|
20,586 |
|
2,725 |
|
6,145 |
|
2,921 |
|
1,182 |
|
3,151 |
|
1,814 |
|
5,464 |
|
3,429 |
|
6,129 |
|
8,697 |
|
5,063 |
|
9,544 |
|
4,254 |
|
4,758 |
|
2,845 |
|
6,002 |
|
3,260 |
|
7,364 |
|
4,111 |
|
5,209 |
|
5,306 |
|
2,425 |
|
8,097 |
|
1,267 |
|
12,184 |
|
2,648 |
|
9,731 |
|
5,561 |
|
10,129 |
|
6,562 |
|
8,816 |
|
11,272 |
|
6,931 |
|
11,494 |
|
8,059 |
|
6,922 |
|
8,062 |
|
5,903 |
|
10,995 |
|
0 |
|
10,833 |
|
0 |
|
10,919 |
|
10 |
|
11,954 |
|
4 |
|
6 |
|
8,972 |
|
2 |
|
11,474 |
|
1,129 |
|
16,995 |
|
13,744 |
|
34,230 |
|
7,828 |
|
32,579 |
|
7,196 |
|
14,337 |
|
7,681 |
|
12,562 |
|
15,965 |
|
11,510 |
|
15,470 |
|
16,539 |
|
3,191 |
|
17,802 |
|
6,398 |
|
9,932 |
|
8,602 |
|
14,607 |
|
11,287 |
|
14,639 |
|
7,677 |
|
13,053 |
|
8,514 |
|
11,293 |
|
6,187 |
|
8,821 |
|
12,816 |
|
12,148 |
|
15,160 |
|
17,761 |
|
3,096 |
|
20,621 |
|
16,027 |
|
20,090 |
|
17,412 |
|
12,281 |
|
16,154 |
|
10,729 |
|
17,587 |
|
10,387 |
|
13,339 |
|
10,524 |
|
10,375 |
|
15,103 |
|
18,822 |
|
12,240 |
|
10,583 |
|
1,063,658 |
Source: New Zealand Customs Service
After 1962 these figures do not include airguns. Some airguns may have been included in earlier years, however this is not known. Firearms imported by the military are excluded.