Supporting Technical Assessments

ii EMROP: Waihi North Project WAI-985-000-PLN-LC-0001_Rev0 clean CONTENTS Page 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 4 1.1 SITE OVERVIEW.................................................................................................... 5 1.2 SUMMARY OF ECOLOGICAL VALUES AND EFFECTS............................................. 6 1.3 MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT....................................................................... 7 2 ECOLOGICAL MITIGATION, RESTORATION AND OFFSET PLAN ...................................... 11 2.1 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF PLAN................................................................. 11 2.2 REPLACEMENT PLANTING FOR PLANTED VEGETATION .................................... 11 2.3 BIODIVERSITY OFFSET FOR VEGETATION REMOVAL AT SNA 166 AND WESTERN FRAGMENT ..................................................................................................................... 13 2.4 ACCOUNTING MODEL RESULTS ......................................................................... 18 2.5 MODELLED OFFSETTING ACTIONS..................................................................... 24 2.6 PLANTING PLAN................................................................................................. 27 2.7 PLANTING METHOD........................................................................................... 27 2.8 PLANT MAINTENANCE ....................................................................................... 35 2.9 OFFSET MONITORING........................................................................................ 35 3 MANAGEMENT OF PLANT PATHOGENS ......................................................................... 37 3.1 MYRTLE RUST PROTOCOLS ................................................................................ 37 3.2 KAURI DIEBACK PROTOCOLS ............................................................................. 38 4 WEED MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................... 43 5 LIZARD MANAGEMENT PLAN ......................................................................................... 45 5.1 CONTEXT............................................................................................................ 45 5.2 SUMMARY OF AFFECTED HABITAT AND LIZAD POPULATIONS ......................... 46 5.3 LIZARD SALVAGE AND RELOCATION.................................................................. 50 5.4 LIZARD HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AND AUGMENTATION ................................. 59 5.5 POST-RELEASE MONITORING ............................................................................ 61 6 AVIFAUNA MANAGEMENT PLAN.................................................................................... 63 6.1 SUMMARY OF AVIFAUNA VALUES AND EFFECTS .............................................. 63 6.2 PROTOCOLS FOR AVOIDING OR MANAGING EFFECTS ON AVIFAUNA.............. 63 7 BAT MANAGEMENT PLAN (BMP) ................................................................................... 66 7.1 SUMMARY OF BAT VALUES AND POTENTIAL EFFECTS...................................... 66 7.2 PROTOCOLS FOR MANAGING POTENTIL EFFECTS ON BATS ............................. 67 8 PEST ANIMAL MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................ 75 8.1 METHODS .......................................................................................................... 75 8.2 RECORD KEEPING............................................................................................... 75 8.3 HEALTH AND SAFETY ......................................................................................... 76

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