More than 50,000 firearms have been handed in as part of New Zealand's gun buyback scheme introduced after a shooter killed 51 people in Christchurch, but critics of the scheme say it has not done enough.
The buyback ended midnight on Friday, with gun collection points staying open late as police reported a surge in last-minute returns.Another 5,000 guns were collected as part of a parallel amnesty in which owners could hand over any type of firearm without any questions being asked but without getting compensated.
Owners also modified another 2,700 guns to make them legally compliant, while police said they had seized a further 1,800 guns from gangs since March.
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