Nicole McKee is the current Associate Justice Minister in charge of the upcoming review of the Firearms Act. She repeatedly claims that more than 6600 individuals are already licensed to possess MSSA guns in NZ; however, the Firearms Safety Authority confirms that only 328 people (mostly pest controllers) actually possess them. 

Quoted from RNZ (8/4/24):
Police Association president Chris Cahill said McKee's comments had been very misleading.

"Clearly she is using these figures to try and suggest that semi-automatic firearms are already widely available when they're not," he said.

"That goes to the heart of why I don't believe a gun lobbyist should be in charge of the firearms reform legislation or a review of the firearms registry."

Source: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/513682/firearms-minister-accused-of-misleading-public-on-gun-stats