Thread: Otorohanga rifle range closed

Originally Posted by Hugh Shields

Name them.....

Perhaps you should contact Nicol and ask the question, some NZDA branches may not want to be named publicly and anyone naming them would need their permission to do so given this topic.

Two NZDA branches closed their ranges, I don't think either paid the fees they closed them prior to that. Neither range had any safety problems prior to the new regulations and had been operating with no complaints for many years.
Another NZDA branch used a farmers property, they never paid the money or applied.
I can also think of 2 community ranges that were not registered.

Some I will not name as this is a public forum and the communities maybe flying under the radar.

There were a number of clubs, usually small clubs ceased to exist because the fees and reporting requirements exceeded their budgets and time constraints.
I know of several NZDA branch committee members didn't re stand for committees because they didn't want the personal liability

Considering the safety record of rifle ranges around the country what problems were these regulations trying to fix?
Why do clubs have to report to the incorporated societies and then supply the same information in a different format to the police when the information is available on the incorporated societies website.
Why do all the committee members need to be named and available publicly?