into a military style semi automatic weapon. the prime minister also announcing a buy back program to encourage new zealanders who own automatic weapons to surrender them. let s bring in ivan watson. is there any opposition to these really swift moves by the prime minister? reporter: so far we haven t heard an organized opposition. new zealand police association has supported, but they were lobbying for this ahead of time. an auckland rifle association say they supported this. and deputy prime minister had spoken out after the orlando night club shooting in the u.s. against this type of gun control, now he is on board. and i think that consensus is what the prime minister is banking on. take a listen. we the government feel absolutely confident that the vast majority of new zealanders will support this change.