Sites
Ravensdown has a comprehensive network of sites throughout New Zealand. The evolution of this network has been driven by the objective of providing fertiliser and key farm inputs to farmers where and when they need them.
Each site differs and has a mix of personnel depending on its size and purpose.
The company's support functions are based at Head Office (Christchurch) and the three regional offices of Pukekohe, Awatoto and Hornby. The three manufacturing sites for Superphosphate are Awatoto, Hornby and Ravensbourne. We have 9 Port Stores at which we discharge products. They are Bluff, Ravensbourne, Timaru (Seadown), Hornby, Nelson, New Plymouth, Napier, Tauranga and Whangarei. From these discharge points the product is distributed to all other stores in the network.
Ravensdown then pass on to customers a "Port to Store" charge, which is the cost we incur of freighting these tonnes of fertiliser from the port to other areas of the country.
The Upper North Island has 12 Ravensdown Company Owned Stores, 6 consignment stores and 3 lime works. The area covers the top of the NI to the regional border just below Taumaranui and Taupo and across to Opotiki. . The UNI Stores Operations Manager is Gordon French.
The Lower North Island Sites area encompasses 15 Ravensdown Company Stores and 25 consignment stores, Awatoto Works store and Napier Port store. The area ranges from Awatoto, Napier up the East coast to Gisborne, across the regional border to the west, down the west coast to Levin, across to the Wairarapa and back up the middle and eastern side of the island to Napier. The LNI Stores Operations Manager is Ka-te Parahi .
South Island Stores cover the length of the South Island from Blenheim and Nelson to Bluff. This area boasts 33 Consignment Stores, 6 Lime Works, Ravensbourne and Hornby Fertiliser Works, and 21 Company Stores. The SI Stores Operations Manager is Wayne Collingwood.