Victoria O'Brien: Brand Spend Blowout By New Firearms Regulator

The new Firearms Safety Authority (“FSA”), a unit recently set up within the NZ Police to administer civilian firearms ownership in NZ, has revealed it will be spending $500k just on marketing and advertising in the year to June 2024, while new branded uniforms are also expected. The total for salary & wages alone is expected to be almost $50m, up 70% from total that the NZ Police spent in the year to June 2021 while the number of licenced firearms owners have fallen.