It is interesting with the noise at Pukekohe that the necessity to monitor is an Auckland Council (previously Franklin District Council) requirement in relation to noise disturbances with neighbours. As 928 correctly says, it should be tested at the boundary - not in the middle of a race track. A noise at 95 dB in the middle of a track will be less if tested at the boundary.

The problem is that Pukekohe uses the MSNZ criteria which is does not meet by a long way the standards that Council usually adopt for noise monitoring - these are NZS 6801:2008, NZS 6802:2008 and NZS 6806:2010.

Additionally, the testing position at Pukekohe (as far as I can ascertain) is at turn 6 which probably means that in order to be 30m from the edge of the track, the monitoring is taken through the concrete barriers and wire mesh fencing the surround the track.

We ran a meeting at Pukekohe in early October - the first we had run on the new track. It was a bit of a test to see what things were like and whether we would go back again. We had problems with noise monitoring and had a competitor excluded. This resulted in a complaint being made to us from the competitor and as a result we have had to take this up with Pukekohe, Auckland Council and by the look of it MSNZ.

We also had a small turn out of entrants and a number told us they wouldn't run at Pukekohe due to the track re-configuration and noise issues. No doubt we will take all these hassles on board when we decide if we will hire the track again.

Maybe Pukekohe will be forced to do something to sort this issue if their track bookings start to fall off.