Thread: Battle over banning noise complaints against military gun range goes to court

Originally Posted by Sid_cruiser

Also a local, just outside the 2km radius. Dont care about the machine gun noise and also enjoy seeing the military activity in the area between the RIFLE range and camp in Rolleston, it was here before we purchased land and built.

BUT, the bigger picture is the fact the army is loosing too many staff due to families not wanting to do their time in the desert, so Rolleston is being turned into home base, which will see a whole lot more activity in the Selwyn district. If the army just came out and applied for Resource Consent for what they really want, the whole town of West Melton would be up in arms, so they are doing the slippery slope; 2km zone, then it will be artillery etc etc.

(The locals are pretty battle ready; quarries & chicken farms have been defeated so far)

Quarries and chicken farms were not there in 1942.

There's a forum member who was the Range certifying officer for West Melton a wee way back. He may pop up and allay your fears that the range could be used for Artillery: to my knowledge its only certified for small arms (unsure of calibre limitation) hand grenades and bulk explosives no greater than 0.5 kgs.