<P> F Endorsement--Dealers staff licence </P> <P> This class allows a person working for a dealer to demonstrate a pistol, military - style semi-automatic or a collectable weapon without having to have that class of licence . They can demonstrate one but not possess one for personal use . This is not a well known endorsement </P> <P> Anyone buying firearms or ammunition, whether privately or from a dealer, needs to show their firearms licence . In addition, a permit to procure must be obtained prior to the transfer of pistols, military - style semi-automatics and restricted weapons . Sales can be made by mail - order, but a police officer must sign the order form to verify that the purchaser has a firearms licence . </P> <P> Firearms first arrived in New Zealand with European traders and were traded in large numbers to the native Māori . This lead partly to the Musket Wars of the early 19th century . The first gun control laws were enacted in 1845, but early regulations were ineffective until the passage of the Arms Act in 1860, which required licences and registration of firearms and firearm dealers . Early laws were mainly targeted at Māori during the land wars in the Waikato and Taranaki, and were largely suspended at the end of the 1880s . By about 1910 the laws were ignored and unenforced, as crime and the threat of political unrest were minimal . </P>

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