Waihi North Project – Overview of Application Structure i APPLICATION STRUCTURE This application document is in support of applications by OceanaGold (New Zealand) Limited (“OGNZL”) for resource consents from Waikato Regional Council (“WRC”) and Hauraki District Council (“HDC”) under the Resource Management Act 1991 (“RMA”) to authorise all necessary activities associated with the Waihi North Project (“WNP”). All matters required to be addressed in accordance with Schedule 4 of the RMA are contained within. This application comprises 11 parts as follows: Part A Is an overarching Assessment of Environmental Effects (“Overarching AEE”) document which provides an overview of: The WNP; OGNZL; The approvals required for the WNP; Tangata whenua of the area in which WNP would occur and how the various tangata whenua groups are feeding into the WNP and this resource consent application process; The consultation OGNZL has undertaken in respect of the WNP; An overview of the effects of allowing the WNP to proceed; An overview of the proposed conditions for the WNP; and An overview of the RMA context in which the WNP applications are to be considered. Part B Contains a more detailed site-specific assessment of environmental effects (“AEE”) for each of the geographically distinct specific project areas which comprise the WNP and includes: B1: Coromandel Forest Park and Area 1 Sub AEE B2: Area 2 Sub AEE B3: Area 3 Sub AEE B4: Area 4 Sub AEE B5: Area 5 Sub AEE B6: Area 6 Sub AEE
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