The guns are part of 6760 firearms seized in 2025 and are indicative of the “evolving landscape of firearms in New Zealand”. She said 3D firearms were being printed in people’s houses and garages, and there was a “definite increase” in what police were seeing and seizing. “This is work being carried out on multiple fronts, which includes our Firearms Investigation Teams and the work of the Firearms Safety Authority.”What the Firearms Investigation Team doesDetective Senior Sergeant Anderson works in the National Organised Crime Group (NOCG), where she oversees the Firearms Investigation Team, and she communicates across agencies, including Customs. One of the early focuses of the Firearms Investigation Team, when it was first established a few years back, was straw-buying. At the end of the week, 43 arrests had been made and 96 firearms seized.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 12, 2026 00:32 UTC