Supporting Technical Assessments

viii Term Meaning (c) any area of improved pasture that, at the commencement date, is dominated by (that is more than 50% of) exotic pasture species and is subject to temporary rain-derived water pooling NES National Environmental Standard NESF National Environmental Standard for Freshwater NOF National Objectives Framework NPSIB National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity (Draft) NPS-FM National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 NRS Northern Rock Stack OBDA Overburden Disposal Area OGNZL OceanaGold (New Zealand) Limited Overland Flow Path Routes that collect and convey rainwater. Typically, only flowing for the duration of a rain event. PAF Potentially Acid Forming: Rock that contains elements which may oxidise (weather) to form water soluble compounds capable of forming an acid. Plant Access Tunnel A decline connecting the OGNZL Waihi processing plant area with the dual tunnels commencing at ventilation shaft 1 on Willows Road Farm largely for the transportation of ore and rock to and from the WUG mine. Paper road HDC legal road reserve: a legally-recognised road that is undeveloped or partly formed, but provides public access to a particular area or feature. The paper road for the WNP refers to a corridor that ranges in size from approximately 15 m – 150 m wide within Coromandel Forest Park that is owned by the local authority (HDC). Permanent river or stream A continually flowing body of fresh water, excluding ephemeral streams, and includes a stream or modified watercourse; but does not include any artificial watercourse (including an irrigation canal, water supply race, canal for the supply of water for electricity power generation, and farm drainage canal except where it is a modified element of a natural drainage system).

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