Turbines do more than produce power - "Long-term effects of this response include anxiety, disturbed sleep, fatigue and general tiredness, increased irritability and an increased risk of accidents." NZ Farmers' Weekly

Wind turbine noise: what audiologists should know - "wind turbines produce significant levels of low-frequency noise and vibration that can be highly disturbing to nearby residents" Audiology Today

Noise and vibration from the Mill Creek turbines started to disturb Makara residents even before all the turbines were commissioned.

E.ON has pulled out of the Ferndale wind farm in Wales because of the risk of noise nuisance to nearby homes.

Reference documents

Dr. Pierpont has gathered "a strong series of case studies of deleterious effects on the health and well-being of many people living near large wind turbines" in her book 'Wind Turbine Syndrome'.

There's a place for wind-farms and it's not near people - according to Wind power, people and place - a report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment November 2006.

Want to know what it's like living near a wind-farm for a year? Read the Italian wind-farm diary.

Evidence from Dr. Robyn Phipps about the effects of noise on residents within 5km of windfarms.

Experience of Murray Martin living 3kms from the Tararua wind-farm.

Wind-turbine syndrome - noise, shadow flicker and health, a paper by Dr. Nina Pierpont.

Wind-turbines, noise and health by Dr. Amanda Harry.