3-AD006.00 ENGAGEMENT OUTCOMES PROPOSED WAIHI NORTH PROJECT OceanaGold New Zealand Limited WSP April 2022 26 Table 24: Respondents’ perceptions of where new employees would come from if they needed to increase staff numbers in response to the proposed project SOURCES OF NEW EMPLOYEES N. (%) Waihi Town 23 (12.8%) Local Area 45 (25.1%) Regional 47 (26.3%) National 53 (29.6%) International 11 (6.1%) 5.1.5 OVERALL SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND ITS PERCEIVED EFFECT When asked how the respondents felt overall regarding the proposed project the large majority (78.1%) stated they were ‘Supportive’ to ‘Very supportive’. When asked what effect the proposed project would have on their business and the local economy, most respondents (81%) stated that the project would either increase their business or have minor to no effect. However, the vast majority (89.5%) stated that the proposed project would have a positive effect on the local economy. See Table 25 to Table 27 for a full breakdown. Table 25: Respondents’ overall stated support for the proposed project LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR PROPOSED PROJECT OVERALL N. (%) Very unsupportive 11 (8.0%) Unsupportive 0 (0%) Neither unsupportive nor supportive 19 (13.9%) Supportive 48 (35.0%) Very supportive 59 (43.1%)
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