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Complain about noise
COVID-19 noise complaint information
Our noise control staff are attending noise control complaints under Alert Level 2, with COVID-19 risk management practices in place.
Contact the Police via their
105.police.govt.nz website if you believe someone is breaching the COVID-19 lockdown rules.
You should know
We will not attend to noise complaints on New Year's Eve from 6pm on 31 December 2020 to 2am on 1 January 2021.
How to complain about noise
09 301 0101
Call us when the noise is happening so we can take action – day or night.
Things you should know before you call:
- Your name won't be given out.
- Noise must be coming from a separate address to yours.
- Some levels of construction noise are allowed during the day – see when
construction and maintenance noise is permitted.
- Noise rules don't apply to unplanned emergency works, like water mains breaks.
- We can investigate noise from parked cars on private property (alarms, car stereos and engine revving).
Noise from moving vehicles
We don't monitor noise from moving vehicles like cars, trains, and aircraft.
You should:
What happens when I complain about noise?
When you make a noise complaint, we come out and investigate. This is why you need to make a complaint when the noise is happening.
To judge if the noise is excessive or not, we will consider:
- volume
- the time of day
- the type of noise.
We do not use any monitoring equipment to decide if the noise is excessive. However, we do use sound level meters to assess unreasonable noise. See
How do I know if noise is excessive or unreasonable?
If you make a noise complaint between 8am and 8pm (and this complaint is not already escalated or with specific instructions), we may ask you to call back in 30 minutes to confirm the noise is still occurring before we send someone out.
If we find the noise is too loud, we may issue an Excessive Noise Direction (END).
An END notice lasts for 72 hours. If there are more noise complaints during that time, we will visit the site again to determine if the noise is still excessive.
If we find the noise excessive for a second time within 72 hours, the enforcement officer and the police will seize the noise-offending equipment or issue a $500 fine.
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