3-AD006.00 ENGAGEMENT OUTCOMES PROPOSED WAIHI NORTH PROJECT OceanaGold New Zealand Limited WSP April 2022 24 Table 22: Respondents’ level of agreement that their business is well prepared for the closure of mining in Waihi LEVEL OF AGREEMENT N. (%) Strongly disagree 5 (3.6%) Disagree 10 (7.3%) Neither disagree nor agree 40 (29.2%) Agree 55 (40.1%) Strongly Agree 27 (19.7%) 5.1.4 RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL PROJECT When asked what their response would be to an increase in goods and services to support the proposed project, if it went ahead, a majority of the respondents (83.5%) stated they would either continue as is but shift more of their business to meet this demand or they would actively focus investment and increase staffing levels to specifically meet this demand. When asked if they were to increase their staff numbers, where did they believe said staff would come from, a majority (64.2) stated that they would come from within the region. See Table 23 and
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