Thread: Moving to NZ from US

The short answer is, you won’t be able to bring the pistol with you because it will take some time (years) before you can obtain a NZ firearms license and the endorsement required to possess it once you arrive.
You may be able to export it to NZ as a sale to a other person, who will then be the ‘importer’ and then purchase the pistol from that person some time in the future. As already mentioned, the costs and administration involved doing it this way far outweighs the value of the firearm.
Sell it, and buy new pistols when you are legally able when you reside here.