In the Media

News articles relating to the DMAPS flight path change over the northern suburbs of Wellington will be linked to here. Have questions? - check out our FAQs here and expert key findings.

Media Releases

Plane Sense Calls for Urgent Community Support to Fund the Final Stretch After Expert Witness Findings, 21 February 2025. (Read expert  insights.)

Wellington Airport Profits While Communities Pay the Price. 6 December 2024.

Plane Sense Rallies Communities with $25k by 2025 Campaign to Fund High Court Legal Battle Against Flight Path. 3 October 2024. 

Plane Sense Wellington Inc. has filed and served legal proceedings against Airways, Aeropath Ltd, Wellington International Airport Ltd and the Director of Civil Aviation. Plus, supporting documentation. Accompanying photo (please credit photographer Phil Greig) and donation graphic. 31 July 2024.

Local Community Votes for Plane Sense to Commence a High Court Judicial Review against Wellington Airport, Airways and the Civil Aviation Authority, over flight path change. Plus, Plane Sense Commentary on Wellington Airport's Media Release. Watch the community meeting here. 14 April 2024.

Published Articles

The Scoop, 21 February 2025: Plane Sense Calls For Urgent Community Support To Fund The Final Stretch After Expert Witness Findings

The Independent Herald 12 December 2024: Flight Paths Case

The Post, 9 December 2024: Tensions rise as Wellington Airport confirms support for controversial flight path

Stuff NZ, 21 November 2024: ‘Game changer’: Flying Wellington to Asia and beyond non-stop is a step closer to reality

The Independent Herald, 10 October 2024: Court Action: Plane Sense call to raise $25,000

The Post, 20 September 2024: Airport to Consult over Controversial Flight Paths.

1 News, 20 September 2024: Public Consultation Begins over Wellington Flight Paths. (Plane Sense has requested an amendment to the statement that flights have been reduced over Broadmeadows and Khandallah, as the opposite is true).

The Independent Herald, 8 August 2024: Legal Action Started. 

The Post, 31 July 2024: Residents file legal challenge against Wellington Airport flight path

The Scoop, 31 July 2024: Plane Sense Files & Serves Legal Proceedings Against Airways, Aeropath, Wellington Airport, Director - Civil Aviation

NZ Herald, 16 May 2024: Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau missed half of airport board meetings in past year.  (During this time, the Mayor was aware that Plane Sense was raising issues concerning improper procedure and the impact of the flight path on everyday Wellingtonians.) 

The Independent Herald, 18 April 2024: Overwhelming Vote: When it's in court this case will fly

The Post, 14 April 2024: Wellington flight path noise concern prompts legal threat

The Scoop, 14 April 2024: Local Community Votes For Plane Sense To Commence A Judicial Review Against Wellington Airport, Airways & The CAA

The Post, 10 April 2024: 'Chance of new flight path after noise complaints'.

The Independent Herald, 20 July 2023: 'Harmful Plane Noise Continues'.

The Independent Herald, 22 June 2023: 'Flight path needs to be moved'.

The Post, 21 June 2023: Airport Admits Noise Impact Underestimated After Community Backlash. Correction requested: additional noise monitors have not yet been installed in the suburbs. Plane Sense has been negotiating the number of monitors since the initial meeting in March, to ensure each suburb is represented.

The Independent Herald, 18 May 2023: Plane Noise a Major Concern

Stuff NZ, 2 Feb 2023: Wellington Residents Losing Sleep as planes 'roar' overhead on new flight plan

Parliament TV

Special Debate on Local Issues - The issue of zero consultation and the effect of the DMAPS flight path change on residents has been raised as a local issue in the Chamber at Parliament.

Interesting reads

Noise: The invisible killer in all our lives ..."How our noisy world is seriously damaging our health...It's causing heart attacks, type 2 diabetes and studies now even link it to dementia...and its impact on the human body goes far beyond damaging hearing."

Noise could take years off your life. Here's how - New York Times. "...Every three minutes a jet blazes overhead with an ear-piercing roar. A growing body of research shows that this kind of chronic noise...is not just annoying. It is a largely unrecognized health threat that is increasing the risk of hypertension, stroke and heart attacks worldwide."

Noise Pollution: the unseen trigger for violence. "A startling link between noise pollution and increased violence, particularly around airports. The study found that a 4.1-decibel increase in noise pollution led to a 6.6% rise in violent crime."

The effect of aircraft noise on sleep disturbance among the residents near a civilian airport: a cross-sectional study. "Aircraft noise is a major environmental noise problem. This study was conducted in order to investigate the relationship between sleep disturbance and exposure to aircraft noise on the residents who are living near an airport."

Noise Gallery

Videos of the noise residents are experiencing can be found on our YouTube channel. 

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