Thread: Firearm licencing

Originally Posted by Rush

I hope Rushy is right, but I'm not far off where you started and have just been asked this week to fill in the new form. Original application made in August and safety course completed in October.

did they send you email to ask filling in the new form?

Originally Posted by hakka_ranger

did they send you email to ask filling in the new form?

Yep

Seems the poor old Po Po are a little bit snowed under.............
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/123...m-applications
it seems they had no issue with issuing a licence in a speedy fashion to "he who shall not be named" but the rest of us don't get the same speedy service.
In fact the only speedy thing we got was BLAMED for their incompetitance

Originally Posted by mikee

Seems the poor old Po Po are a little bit snowed under.............
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/123...m-applications
it seems they had no issue with issuing a licence in a speedy fashion to "he who shall not be named" but the rest of us don't get the same speedy service.
In fact the only speedy thing we got was BLAMED for their incompetitance

247 Days for a new application and 147 for a renewal?
That's a disgustingly poor level of service.
When did New Zealanders "she'll be right" turn into "whatever"?


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Time to bombard your local MPs to get them to start asking questions.
About time the FA administration is removed from the police!

I put my renewal in BEFORE lockdown 1. Been interviewed, still waiting. If you paid for this service, you would be complaining. Oh wait, we do pay for this..

got my first license 30 years back, took 2 weeks. but my main reference was relatively senior cop. but this was my "lifetime license"..........yeah right

Originally Posted by gonetropo

got my first license 30 years back, took 2 weeks. but my main reference was relatively senior cop. but this was my "lifetime license"..........yeah right

It was faster still 55 years ago when I presented my 16 year old self, armed with a note from my mum, to the local arms officer. I was asked a couple of questions and walked away with my permit to procure.
Grandpamac

Originally Posted by Speill

I put my renewal in BEFORE lockdown 1. Been interviewed, still waiting. If you paid for this service, you would be complaining. Oh wait, we do pay for this..

Put in a complaint

I did. It's the only thing that gets the lazy bastards moving

Complaint form to fill out.....

https://forms.police.govt.nz/complaint

And probably going through the Govt Ombudsman might assist with what's considered acceptable?

This would not surprise me in the least. Look out, with the fallout from the Royal Commission, Police/Govt will do anything to distract. I hope this is wrong given there was 3 years and an admin change proposed in the Arms Amendments.
https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/12/14/poli...rearms-owners/

Same boat. I had my FAL many years ago and this year decided to renew it so I could join a locate Clay Shooting club, filled out the forms, paid the fee and dropped off at the main Police station in Henderson on 2nd March 2020… then good old COVID-19 hits.
18/5/2020 sent follow up email and was advised I was not a priority and will get to it in due course.
23/7/2020 sent follow up email and was told renewals was now priority but my case was not assigned to vetter yet.
15/9/2020 sent follow up email and was told still waiting on vetter
17/9 phone call from vetter to book in visit, he was interviewing my referee 20/9/2020 and then would visit home to complete other interviews.
His visit to my referee last over and hour. His visit home lasted 4 hours as we have 2 family members over 16 years, so he had to interview 4 people plus the storage viewing.
He did say if I had not heard in 10 weeks to make some enquiries, but I thought he was kidding… he was not!
21/10/2020 & 28/10/2020 sent follow up emails and 29/10/2020 got There is a large backlog of files and they are being processed in chronological order of being received. We will get to your file in due course.
Left it awhile and 26/11/2020 rang and was told still in the pile to be reviewed, then must go to checker and then if approved on to Wellington to be uploaded and card ordered was told not to expect anything this side of Xmas! So given the Xmas break and NZpost don’t expect anything until February almost 12 months.

Submitted my renewal form on the weekend - email acknowledging my applications says to expect it to take four months (mine expires in mid March) - saw the Stuff article that there are currently 10,000 outstanding applications and they are taking well over 6 months to come through... I will be chasing it early as that's the roar out otherwise.

Originally Posted by gsp follower

finalyapproved 10 months and 9 days free at last

licence ordered on the 4th of december............... waiting wAIITING