Thread: Thought I might post my response to NZ Fuzz consultation of licence costs.

Originally Posted by 10-Ring

While I share your your concerns about licence waiting times, I also think that has to be tempered with the fact that we had a series of lengthy lockdowns over two or more years. No firearms licensing could be done at level 2 or higher. That lead to a massive backlog.

That is not really an excuse when those delays were occurring when I renewed mine BEFORE the lockdowns. One work colleague renewed his 6 months before expiry so it would be ready in time for an international shotgun competition. They took over 9 months and that was in the second half of 2018 (about the same time as Tarrant got his done in a few weeks...) so to be brutal- they cannot blame the lockdowns as their performance has only slipped slightly after the lockdowns. Most of the issue was the staff were being pulled from FAL duties to work elsewhere- It is like they did not give a rats arse about the 250,000 LFAO...

And dont forget, at the beginning of 2019 they were in the process restructuring the admin and vetting team to the tune of 75% of the staff were to be let go. Most had received their marching orders and final dates when the GOVT did a U turn after the March attacks and realised they did an oopsie