Roger Dickie New Zealand Limited is at the forefront of New Zealand forestry. Formed in 1971, the company has established over 86 forests for investors.

Since 1990 Roger Dickie New Zealand has deliberately concentrated their Radiata forest activities in the northern Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne regions on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

The region produces New Zealand’s highest Radiata forest growth rates.  Quality land is available at reasonable prices.  This is the foundation of a profitable forestry investment.

The Hawke’s Bay Gisborne regions have an established and well developed timber based infrastructure including pulp mill, saw mills and a tri-board mill.  The advantages of this region are further enhanced by close proximity to two log export ports at Napier and Gisborne.

Each Roger Dickie New Zealand Limited forestry investment begins with the purchase of freehold land.  Only the best properties are selected after a forestry feasibility study has been completed.  This leads to low risk forestry development and maximum forest growth rates.  The land is prepared, forestry roads are formed and the new forest is planted between May and September.

Management Approach

Close attention to financial controls, whilst maintaining the highest standards of forest management, has resulted in every forest  initiated by Roger Dickie New Zealand operating below projected expenditure in the establishment phase. 

Accountability is the cornerstone of our business.  As the investor’s representative, Roger Dickie supervises and approves the collation of forest consultant’s reports and valuations, forest managers reports, employment of contractors, cash flow forecasts, sale of unwanted assets, grazing leases, negotiations with local authorities, general newsletters, field days and conferences.

Annual General Meetings are held on site each year when budgets are approved by investors.

The combined group of forests co-ordinated by Roger Dickie represents a powerful force with the ability to partake in their own marketing, processing or exporting of timber.

Roger Dickie - Company Director

B. Ag. Sc. Forester, Farmer, Developer, and Company Director.   Waverley, Taranaki.

Roger Dickie is Chairman and director of 76 rural investment partnerships and companies and a director for Forest Owners Marketing Services (a wood harvesting and marketing company).

Roger is married to Mary-Ann and they have four sons.  Through his family interests he owns farming and forestry land in the North and South Island and is involved in coastal property development in Taranaki. His main farming interests are in Awatea Farms, a 1,050 ha property at Waverley in South Taranaki.  The main business of Awatea Farms is Rosemount Dairy Limited, milking 1,460 cows and the grazing of 1,200 other dairy stock.

Since 1971 Roger Dickie has coordinated and developed 89 rural investment syndicates for New Zealand and overseas investors.  These cover an area of more than 27,500 ha and are located in the North and South Island. There are more than 2,500 investors in these syndicates many of whom are in more than one partnership.

He is an executive director and spokesman for the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) which represents growers of 250,000 ha of Kyoto compliant forest in New Zealand.  The KFA was formed to oppose the then labour government’s proposal to nationalise carbon credits sequestered in forests planted and grown by private land owners.  Under Rogers leadership KFA invested $600,000 and fought the government for six years to return ownership of forest carbon credits to the land owners.

Roger led an intensive campaign that involved lobbying and politics at the highest level and resulted in a U turn from government and 100% success for KFA.  This provided the opportunity for all post 1989 forest owners to sell billions of dollars worth of carbon credits that the Labour Government was intending to nationalise.
Today Rogers focus is on carbon forestry investment opportunities in New Zealand, he recently launched the first public offer of a carbon forest investment in New Zealand.

Richard Bourne - Sales and Marketing Manager

Richards background is in sales and service having run his own Sporting Goods retail business for 28 years.  He was chairman of the Sportsworld Group in the early 1990s and was named the sports industries ‘Sports goods retailer of the year’ in 1994.   Richard sold his business in 1995 and joined Roger Dickie later that year.  Having invested in forestry he already knew and understood it.

Richard is married to Rose and they have two sons and a daughter.  Richards interests include local history and he remains involved with his old school Wanganui Collegiate.  He is a past president of the Old Boys and Girls Association was a key organiser of the schools 150th celebrations in 2004.  He is currently chairman of the WCS Museum Trust.

He maintains a keen interest in the outdoor sports of tramping, hunting and fishing as well as boating and snow skiing.