NZ Police have now held 104 collection events and collected 12,183 firearms from around New Zealand so far.
Five weeks into the buy-back scheme, 7573 firearms owners have been processed, handing in a total of 10,844 prohibited firearms and 46,129 parts and accessories.
The amount compensated to firearms owners is a total of $22.4 million.
Over thirteen hundred of the firearms handed in to Police were under amnesty.
Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement says, “Firearms owners’ attitude towards this process has been outstanding.
/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.
