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Rifle shooting; Army safety templates for the Trentham ranges
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DescriptionThe Army had announced range closures; Trentham was one of four to close; live firing had been suspended at some others.
Trentham had been the home of Ballinger Belt and other competitions for over 100 years.
The December 27 'Leader' reported that the Army had granted dispensation for the Ballinger Belt competition to be held in January, under Army supervision and with Army-verified ammunition.
The templates shown here extend over Whiteman's Valley, because of Army uses such as firing sub-machine guns by recruits, and some evidence of ricochets' trajectories; the clubs' firing was much more controlled.
This map was printed in the 'Leader' on December 13, 2000; 'auto-enhancing' has brightened the colours. The red area is Defence land.
The August 3, 2005 'Leader' reported that the city council had bought land at the eastern ridgeline end of the range's 'firing template' and would lease it and some adjacent reserve land to the National Rifle Association. Funding had come from the Totara lodge and Quinn's Post community trusts. With the Association controlling all access, Ballinger belt and national competitions could continue as before.
Date TakenDecember 2000
Trentham had been the home of Ballinger Belt and other competitions for over 100 years.
The December 27 'Leader' reported that the Army had granted dispensation for the Ballinger Belt competition to be held in January, under Army supervision and with Army-verified ammunition.
The templates shown here extend over Whiteman's Valley, because of Army uses such as firing sub-machine guns by recruits, and some evidence of ricochets' trajectories; the clubs' firing was much more controlled.
This map was printed in the 'Leader' on December 13, 2000; 'auto-enhancing' has brightened the colours. The red area is Defence land.
The August 3, 2005 'Leader' reported that the city council had bought land at the eastern ridgeline end of the range's 'firing template' and would lease it and some adjacent reserve land to the National Rifle Association. Funding had come from the Totara lodge and Quinn's Post community trusts. With the Association controlling all access, Ballinger belt and national competitions could continue as before.
Date TakenDecember 2000Depicts or relates to
SubjectRifle shooting
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Reference2000-12-13-26FormatScanned from bound newspaperSize112 x 102
FormatScanned from bound newspaperSize112 x 102Scanned byDon McLeod
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Rifle shooting; Army safety templates for the Trentham ranges. Upper Hutt Libraries, accessed 29/05/2026, https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/24529