This article is a list of mass shootings in New Zealand. Mass shootings are firearm-related violence with at least four casualties. Excluded are massacres of Māori people during the New Zealand Wars and other colonial conflicts.

New Zealand has often been contrasted to the United States in its gun laws and responsive nature to mass shootings. After the Christchurch mosque shootings in 2019, the government banned semi-automatic rifles like those used in the attack, as well as creating a firearms registry.

The data includes casualties of perpetrators, including self-inflicted gunshot or shooting of a perpetrator by police. The treatment of perpetrator casualties is at variance to some but not all definitions of a mass shooting used in the United States. The inclusion of injured victims in the data is also at variance with some of the US definitions that only include dead victims. However, the above treatment is consistent with that used in other Wikipedia lists of mass shootings by country.

21st century DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescriptionAuckland, Auckland134A teenager fired at other people in a neighbourhood dispute, killing an 18-year-old man and wounding three others. A friend drove the shooter away and hid the rifle used.Auckland, Auckland3Including the perpetrator or suspect7102023 Auckland shooting: A man shot and killed two colleagues at a construction site and wounded seven other people, including a police officer, before he killed himself.Pukekohe, Auckland044Four people were injured in a gang-related shooting.Glen Innes, Auckland066Multiple shooters fired from a vehicle into a home, wounding six individuals before fleeing.Auckland, Auckland066Six people were wounded in a shootout.Glen Eden, Auckland134A man shot at neighbours and police officers responding to a house fire, wounding three officers. Police returned fire and killed the gunman.Ōtorohanga District, Waikato13Including three of the perpetrators or suspects4A man shot at four home intruders who were armed with a shotgun and machete, injuring them. The assailants fled and stopped at a rural house, where one of them died of their injuries.Christchurch, Canterbury514091Christchurch mosque shootings: A white supremacist armed with multiple firearms attacked Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre. He shot 91 people, killing 51, before fleeing the scene and being arrested.Kamo, Whangārei055Five people were wounded in a gang-related shooting, including the suspected shooter.Kawerau, Bay of Plenty044A man shot at police officers responding to his home after he fired upon a police helicopter investigating a cannabis garden. The man shot and wounded four police officers over a 22-hour standoff before surrendering.Napier, Hawke's Bay235Napier shootings: A man shot and killed one police officer and wounded two others as they served a cannabis search warrant at his house. A bystander was also shot as he attempted to assist the officers. After a two-day siege, the shooter was found dead in his home.Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt 145A man indiscriminately shot and killed one man and injured three others before being wounded and arrested.

20th century DateLocationDeadInjuredTotalDescriptionRaurimu, King Country6410Raurimu massacre: A man killed his father at a ski lodge and then shot at people around the area, killing five and wounding four. He was arrested nearby.Lower Hutt, Wellington044During a rugby league game at Fraser Park, a man fired a shotgun as a fight occurred, wounding four people.Dunedin, Otago505Bain family murders: Five family members (two parents and three of four children) were shot to death at their home. The surviving son was convicted of the murders, but was later acquitted after twelve years in prison.Paerata, Auckland Region707Schlaepfer family murders: A man killed six members of his family and himself with two firearms and a knife.–Aramoana, Otago14317Aramoana massacre: A man shot neighbours following a verbal dispute before shooting indiscriminately at locals, then at police and members of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS). Thirteen people were killed, including a police officer, and three others were wounded before police shot and killed the gunman.Titirangi, Auckland066Six people were injured outside a birthday party.Lower Hutt, Wellington044After cutting a man with a glass shard at a hotel bar, a man fired a shotgun at the ceiling, injuring four people with ricochet pellets.Upper Hutt, Wellington044Four people were wounded by gunfire during a confrontation between rival gangs.Dunedin, Otago044Four people sustained shotgun wounds during a fight outside a tavern.Papanui, Canterbury404A man killed his girlfriend and her parents with a .303-calibre rifle before killing himself.Auckland, Auckland325A man fired at neighbours from his cottage in Waitākere, killing one person and wounding another. He then killed two police officers responding to the scene. Officers wounded the gunman and arrested him.Manurewa, Auckland167A man wounded five policemen and a fireman, before fatally shooting himself.Ōtaki, Kāpiti Coast505A man shot and killed a police officer, his wife, two daughters and himself.Napier, Hawke's Bay246A man randomly shot at people inside a bar and on the street, killing two people and wounding three others before being shot by police and arrested.Tasman, Tasman District404After striking his wife and injuring her, a man killed his four children with a shotgun.–Kowhitirangi, West Coast8081941 Kowhitirangi shootings: A man shot and killed seven people, including four police officers and two soldiers of the Home Guard. The shooter was killed on 20 October during a manhunt.Horsham Downs, Waikato404A man shot and killed three family members and himself.Morrinsville, Waikato606A man shot and killed four members of his family and a police officer before killing himself.Mount Albert, Auckland404A man shot and killed his wife, mother, daughter, and himself with a recently purchased rifle, possibly with the permission of his wife.Waikino, Waikato68Waikino schoolhouse shooting: A man shot and killed two students and injured six other over delusions of persecution. It is the first and only mass school shooting in New Zealand history.Parnell, Auckland044A man shot and wounded three members of his family before wounding himself.

See also

List of massacres in New Zealand Crime in New Zealand

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