West Melton resident Alan Roberts is concerned about army proposals for no complaints covenants on properties around the local rifle range. supplied Noise boundaries proposed by the New Zealand Defence Force and a proposed “no complaints covenant” near its West Melton rifle range are angering residents who say their properties will be devalued. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/Stuff Last year the army proposed establishing a noise control boundary around the West Melton rifle range. Stacy Squires/Stuff The rifle range at West Melton has been in operation since the 1940s but the activity has become louder in that time. He acknowledged the rifle range had been at West Melton since the 1940s but at that time it was not a grenade range.

Source: Stuff November 30, 2020 08:26 UTC