Arms Bill- Second Reading- 21 July 2026Legislative StatementHon NICOLE McKEE (Associate Minister of Justice) (15:52): I present a legislative statement on the Arms Bill. Second ReadingHon NICOLE McKEE (Associate Minister of Justice) (15:53): I move, That the Arms Bill be now read a second time. The third one was to remove the Firearms Safety Authority—or, as it was known, Te Tari Pūreke—from within Police. I’m really, really pleased to see that although the ACT Party campaigned on deregulating military style semi-automatic weapons, they were not successful in that. Under the Arms Bill, licensing is handled by civilian staff led by an independent chief executive who reports directly to the firearms Minister.