As constituted under the 1952 Rules, the NRA is controlled by an executive committee consisting of the president, two vice-presidents, treasurer, and secretary, together with representatives of the 14 affiliated district rifle associations. The districts represented are Northland, Auckland, South Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Western Districts, Wairarapa, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Nelson – West Coast, Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago and Southland. Rifle clubs formed within these districts are self-contained and, through their affiliation with their district rifle associations, members of the NRA. Prior to the Second World War there were about 200 active rifle clubs. In 1964 there were about 98, with another eight temporarily in recess. The total active membership of the NRA is approximately 2,500.