3-AD006.00 STATUTORY FRAMEWORK Proposed Waihi North Project OceanaGold New Zealand Limited WSP 14 April 2022 4 The WNP seeks to access significant gold resources within the Waikato Region contributing to the mining industry which is consistent with the above objective. The proposed resource consent application process will seek to manage adverse effects on amenity and discharges to air and water. 3.2 HAURAKI DISTRICT 3.2.1 HAURAKI DISTRICT PLAN The Hauraki District Plan sets out the objectives, policies and rules to address resource management issues within the district. The following objective has been identified as relevant to social aspirations: — Objective 5.6.4(1): To enable the people and community of Waihi to provide for its service town role to the surrounding rural area, as well as its role in the mining and tourist industries, at the same time as maintaining an attractive residential environment. The key policies to achieve Objective 5.6.4(1) of most relevance to the WNP being: — Policy (i) Make adequate provision for Waihi Town and its role as a service town to the surrounding rural areas as well as its role in the mining and tourist industries. — Policy (ii) Recognise the significance of mining and the ongoing associated developments to the social and economic wellbeing of the residents of Waihi, subjects to maintaining the amenity values of Waihi. — Policy (vi) Protect the amenity of residential environments from adverse effects of commercial, mining and industrial activities. The WNP will enable the people and community of Waihi to continue to take advantage of the social and economic benefits the mining industry contributes to the district. The resource consent application process seeks to protecting the amenity of the residential environments from adverse effects of mining activities. Overall, the WNP is considered to be consistent with the relevant social objectives of the Hauraki District Plan. 3.2.2 HAURAKI LONG TERM PLAN 2018-2028 The Long-Term Plan (LTP) is a requirement of the Local Government Act 2002 and outlines ‘community outcomes’ being: — Prepared Hauraki — Progress Hauraki — Kotahitanga Hauraki — Interactive Hauraki — Lifestyle Hauraki — Sustainable Hauraki Two of the key community outcomes of the LTP, Interactive Hauraki and Sustainable Hauraki are of relevance to the WNP:
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