Did you know?

67% of the 350 people employed by Newmont Waihi Gold and its immediate contractors live in Waihi

The annual payroll for Newmont Waihi Gold's 110 staff staff is $11m

For every person directly employed by Waihi Gold there is another whose main income is derived from the company through the provision of goods or services.

In 2009 Newmont Waihi Gold's operation in Waihi generated just under $194m – and 91% of this stayed in New Zealand

The two gold mines in Waihi generate around 22% of the town's turnover.

Each year Waihi Gold invests about $0.6m in community sponsorships and about $2.4m in community projects.

Schedule 4

One of the reasons mining in general has been in the news is because of the government's proposal to open up land contained in what is called Schedule 4. This is conservation land which is currently not available for surface mining (although it is permissible to mine under this land.) There's been a lot of alarmist talk about mining Mount Moehau or levelling the Pinnacles. Our position is clear and unequivocal: the people of the Coromandel wouldn't allow it, the Resource Management Act wouldn't allow it, and we live and work and play here too and we wouldn't do it. We can't be clearer than that.

We do, however, think that there are some areas of lesser conservation value that should be explored.

Submissions to the government on Schedule 4 have now closed.

Read Newmont Waihi Gold's submission on Schedule 4.

Find out more about Schedule Four on the Ministry of Economic Development website

Maximising our Mineral Potential:

A summary of the government's proposals (0.2MB PDF)

Discussion Paper (1.0MB PDF)

Questions & Answers (0.3MB PDF)

By the Numbers (0.2MB PDF)