Queen Street religious preachers spark record 326 noise complaints to Auckland Council. Video / Supplied
Driving down Duke St, Papakura, you would not suspect it to contain Auckland’s unruliest house.
The quiet, suburban street dotted with a mix of brick and tile and weatherboard houses is home to one property that racked up the most noise complaints in the city, Auckland Council has revealed.
Intersected by two other streets, Duke St hosts about 70 homes populated by a mix of young families making their start, pensioners winding down and everyone in between.
But the well-maintained berms, tidy footpaths and abundance of trees do not tell the full picture, according to some of its residents.
One home on Duke St, Papakura, was the subject of 113 noise complaints over nearly 11 months, making it the most complained-about property in Auckland. Photo / Lochlan Lineham
Although the council would not reveal the number of the complained-about house, several residents the Herald spoke to said one had consistently caused problems.
Rowdy tenants have recently moved on, but earlier in the year, fights, late-night partying, loud music and noisy machinery were a common disruption for the residents at the street’s northern end.
There were 113 noise complaints related to the house (from January 1 to November 23, 2025), which resulted in seven excessive noise directions being issued and one seizure undertaken, Official Information Act figures obtained by the Herald show.
One resident told the Herald she and her neighbour, a 90-year-old woman, have had their windows smashed by late-night revellers at the troublesome house.
The woman, who did not want to be named, said groups of 14 to 25-year-olds would party with loud music until 4am, three times a week.
Plants had also been ripped out of her garden and stolen items thrown over her fence, she said.
Police were routinely seen there and at a neighbouring address because drug dealing and fighting were commonplace, she said.
“We’re sick and tired of it.”
The problem was at its worst from January to June this year but things have quietened down in recent months, she said.
Another Duke St resident said someone living at the house, who has now moved out, would repair vehicles until 9pm.
Auckland Council received 29,388 noise complaints from January 1 to November 23 this year. Photo / Lochlan Lineham
They would use loud power tools to dismantle and fix car parts, the resident said.
By his account, late parties, fights and drug deals at the property were frequent.
A resident living at the opposite end of the street said not much happened near her property but she would “hate to live” on the other end.
Jacqui Geenty, who lives close to the middle of the road, said she sometimes hears cars and motorbikes hooning up the street but it wasn’t too disruptive.
