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CALLING A SPADE A SPADE

New Zealand Public’s Attitudes to Natural Resources 2012

Straterra Mining Club October 2012

+ Background

There have been eight Public Attitude Energy Surveys

since 2004

+ Research Design

1000 interviews Feb/ March, 2012

Some questions as per the previous measures to monitor changes over time

CATI (computer assisted telephone interviewing) with a random sample of the NZ population 18+ years; up to 6 calls to reach a person

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Other North Island Urban 20% Auckland 33%

Other North Island Towns 14%

Wellington 10%

Christchurch 14%

Other South Island Towns 5%

Other South Island Urban 6%

Gisbourne 7 Hamilton 46 HBC 10 Hawkes Bay 27 New Plymouth 13 Palmerston North 21 Rotorua 11 Tauranga 31 Te Awamutu 4 Wanganui 10 Whangarei 15

Gisbourne NMU 2 Hamilton NMU 36 Hawkes Bay NMU 8 New Plymouth NMU 11 Palmerston North NMU 19 Rototura NMU 10 Tauranga NMU 16 Wanganui NMU 6 Whangarei NMU 20 Kapiti 9

Dunedin 29 Invercargill 11 Nelson 16

Dunedin NMU 20 Invercargill NMU 11 Nelson NMU 18

SAMPLE PROFILE

NMU = Non Main Urban

+ Sample Profile

The sample is exactly proportionate to the New Zealand population by region,

gender and age.

Region:

56% live in the three main cities of Auckland (33%),

Christchurch (14%) and Wellington (10%).

25% live in other main urban areas, 19% North Island and 6%

South Island.

19% live in towns and rural areas, 14% North Island and 5%

South Island.

In total, 76% live in the North Island and 24% live in the South

Island.

Gender

51% are female and 49% are male.

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Coal & Natural

Resources

+ General Attitudes

24

53

19

3 1 0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Very

Concerned

Quite

Concerned

Quite

Unconcerned

Very

Unconcerned

Don't Know

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tage

Level of Concern

Concern for NZ's Standard of Living

Q1:How concerned or unconcerned are you about New Zealand’s standard of living over the next 5-10 years?

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38

43

11

6

2

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Very Important Quite

Important

Quite

Unimportant

Very

Unimportant

Don't know

Perc

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tage

Level of Importance

Development of Natural Resources for Prosperity

Q2:How important or unimportant do you think the development of New Zealand’s natural resources is in improving New Zealand’s economic prosperity and standards of living? Natural resources include oil, gas, coal,gold and iron sands.

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Q6:I now have a number of statements that I am going to read to you and I would like you to tell me whether you agree or disagree with each statement.

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18 22

8

35

54 45

35

25

7 15

28

8

2 6

7

20 12

10

18

6 6 2 5

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Coal mining in NZ is

undertaken in

environmentally

responsible way

NZ has large resources

of coal that could be

used to produce

energy and make steel

and other products

We should be making

greater use of our coal

resources

Using NZ coal can

improve everyone's

standard of living here

Pe

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nta

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Coal Statements

Coal in New Zealand

Don't know

Have no opinion

Disagree Strongly

Disagree

Agree

Agree Strongly

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Q6-3:We should be making greater use of our coal resources.

32 33

39

22

26 30

28

45

15 11

12 15

13 9 7

6

9 13 12 10

5 4 3 2

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

2009 2010 2011 2012

Percen

tag

e

Year

"We should be making greater use of our Coal

resources"

Don't know

Have no opinion

Disagree strongly

Disagree

Agree

Agree strongly

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Q6-1:Coal mining in New Zealand is undertaken in an environmentally responsible way.

17 18 16

7

26 30

30

35

9

10 13 25 4

5 9

8 22

26 23

20 21

11 10 6

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

2009 2010 2011 2012

Percen

tage

Year

"Coal mining in NZ is undertaken in an

environmentally responsible way"

Don't know

Have no opinion

Disagree strongly

Disagree

Agree

Agree strongly

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Q6-2:New Zealand has large resources of coal that could be used to produce energy and make steel and other products.

24 25

30

18

23 26

27 54

9 9

9

7

7 5

5

2

16

24 18

12 21

11 11 6

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

2009 2010 2011 2012

Percen

tag

e

Year

"NZ has large resources of coal that could be used to

produce energy and make steel and other products"

Don't know

Have no opinion

Disagree strongly

Disagree

Agree

Agree strongly

+ Knowledge of Coal

Q5a:Where is coal mined in New Zealand?

1 3

31

1

12

28

50

2 3 1

3

11

16

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Percen

tag

e

Coal Mining Location

Awareness of Coal Mining Locations

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62

9

29

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Yes No Don't Know

Percen

tage

Awareness

Awareness of NZ Coal Exports

Q5c:Does New Zealand export Coal overseas?

+ Attitudes to Natural Resources

5

22

26 25

6

17

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Agree Strongly Agree Have no opinion Disagree Disagree Strongly Don't Know

Percen

tage

Level of Agreement

NZ Highest Per Capita Natural Resources

Q6-4:New Zealand has the highest per capita natural resources in the world.

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Q7:How much do you agree or disagree with the development of New Zealand’s coal and other natural resources such as oil, gas, gold and iron sands (if following statements apply)?

45

37

39

21

28

35

41

27

36

36

18

37

45

44

43

42

43

43

44

38

43

41

9

10

10

18

13

9

8

11

13

10

16

2

2

3

3

4

2

2

4

5

4

6

7

5

5

13

12

10

6

12

7

6

16

1

1

1

1

1

3

2

1

4

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Money Stays in NZ

Standard of living Improves

Boosts NZ economy

Communities Benefit

Lower diesel prices

Done by NZ companies

Local people are employed

No increase in greenhouse emissions

Environment returned to as it was

Environment is protected

Overall

Percentage

Con

dit

ion

s

Development of NZ's Coal & Natural Resources

Agree Strongly

Agree

Disagree

Disagree Strongly

Have no opinion

Don't Know

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L I G N I T E

+ Awareness of Uses

Q11: Now some questions about lignite. Did you know lignite could be used for…

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34

22 23

60

50

62 62

11

16 16 15

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Home Heating Industry Making Fertiliser Making Diesel

Percen

tag

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Lignite Uses

Awareness of Lignite Uses

Yes

No

Don't Know

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Q14: How much do you agree or disagree with the development of Southland’s Lignite?

34

31

33

20

24

26

30

32

27

32

29

43

47

47

46

44

43

45

46

41

40

43

6

7

6

12

10

10

7

6

7

7

7

2

3

3

4

3

3

2

3

4

4

4

12

11

10

17

17

15

13

11

18

13

15

2

2

2

3

2

2

2

2

4

4

3

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

If most the money stays in NZ

If NZ standard of living improves

If it boosts NZ economy

Communities benefit

Lower priced fertiliser

Lower diesel prices

Done by NZ companies

Local people employed

No increase in greenhouse

Environment returned

Environment is protected

Development of Southland's Lignite

Agree Strongly

Agree

Disagree Strongly

Disagree

Have no opinion

Don't know

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CALLING A SPADE A SPADE

New Zealand Public’s Attitudes to Natural Resources 2012

Straterra Mining Club October 2012

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