Our recommendation given the evidence we received, we find it difficult to do anything other than recommend a ban on the public sale and private use of fireworks. We heard from Fire and Emergency New Zealand, the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the New Zealand Veterinary Association, and Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Aotearoa, who all strongly supported a ban. The evidence related to animal welfare, including native wildlife, and, in the case of FENZ, danger to life and property ensuing from the use of fireworks by the public. We also considered statistics from the Ministry for the Environment which included numbers of police call-outs related to fireworks. We therefore recommend to the Government that the public sale and private use of fireworks be banned. However, we believe public, notified displays of fireworks by licensed operators should be permitted. We recognise that New Zealanders will hold a range of opinions about this, and believe that Parliament should take the lead in generating discussion about it. We think this would be a good topic for a special debate.