And Christchurch City Council says there has been more noise complaints compared to this time last year.
City council head of regulatory compliance Tracey Weston said there have been 431 noise complaints since level 1 began on June 9.
In comparison, she said in the same time period last year, there were 288 noise complaints.
“A possible reason for the 2020 increase could be that more people have organised gatherings and parties to compensate for the time spent apart while in lockdown as well as restrictions on event sizes,” she said.
The city council was unable to provide figures on where the majority of the noise complaints during level 1 were made.
However, members of Facebook groups across different parts of Christchurch have been posting their frustrations at noise levels since level 1 began.
A post made to the Spreydon Neighbourhood Network group on Saturday said: “Lots of loud banging and bass on Lyttelton St, those young ones drinking with their large boom box. How will we sleep tonight?”
Also on Saturday, someone wrote on the Beckenham Neighbourhood (Christchurch NZ) group saying: “Anyone know where that loud piano music is coming from near Percival St?
Meanwhile, a post made a few days earlier on the Hoon Hay Neighbourhood page said: “Hey all – anyone know where the doof doof doof music is coming from? By Lewis St.”
Levels 2, 3 and 4 were also a busy time for noise complaints.
There were 1049 complaints at level 2, 620 at level 3 and 1263 at level 4.
