Federated Mountain Clubs, as representative of New Zealand’s outdoor community, is calling upon American media personality Matt Lauer to restart negotiations with the community [...]

FMC is still in an information gathering phase in assessing the Overseas Investment Office decision on public access provisions around the sale of [...]

Nominations are now open for the FMC Executive for 2017/2018. This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference for our outdoor community. To [...]

FMC recently submitted on the preliminary tenure review proposal for Twin Peaks station which lies in the northern extremity of the St Bathans range [...]

In the next month or two, most holidaying Kiwis will witness first-hand the pressures of burgeoning tourism. Its impacts on infrastructure are obvious; roads, [...]

In a big vote of confidence the Outdoor Recreation Consortium was recently granted its 3rd year of funding, another $400,000 will go to backcountry [...]

FMC and the New Zealand Alpine Club (the largest member club of FMC) state that they remain deeply disappointed in the Department of Conservation's [...]

It will be a summer of adventure. Following a recent meeting of the FMC Mountain and Forest Trust seven parties were awarded Expedition Scholarships [...]

FMC has resolved to oppose Westpower’s proposed hydro-electric development on the West Coast’s Waitaha river. While recognising that the proposal has been developed with [...]

Volunteer clubs and groups from around the country are thrilled to be receiving funding to look after the backcountry huts and tracks they hold [...]

The Walking Access Commission has recently published an information sheet, endorsed by Rural Women, Fish and Game, Federated Farmers and FMC for farmers to [...]

With the remainder of the $1.2 million, granted by the DOC Community Fund over the last two years, left to allocate to volunteer track, [...]

For the first time FMC is able to offer Expedition Scholarships to Adventurers of all ages. The FMC Youth Scholarship, supported by the FMC [...]

FMC, representing 20,000 trampers and mountaineers in 80 clubs across New Zealand believes that Land Information New Zealand and the Commissioner of Crown Lands [...]

"Nonsense on stilts" again - FMC to seek Ombudsman ruling FMC is asking DOC to renege on an undertaking to the aviation industry to increase [...]

FMC recently released its Annual Report for 2015/2016. The report outlines a number of national highlights including leadership of the Outdoor Recreation Consortium, assistance [...]

FMC President Robin McNeill says the Department of Conservation’s proposal to ignore daily helicopter landing limits on the Ngapunatoru Plateau above Milford Sound will [...]

FMC is calling on all of the outdoors community interested in the future of backcountry recreation north of Taupo to gather for a workshop [...]

FMC President Robin McNeill is elated that New Zealanders have reached into their pockets to buy a piece of land for addition to Abel [...]

The Federated Mountain Clubs Executive is in Arrowtown on Sunday the 21st of February and would like to invite anyone within cooee to come [...]

Outdoor Recreation Consortium Press Release: 13/01/16 Immediately prior to Christmas, the Outdoor Recreation Consortium was pleased to congratulate applicants from around the country on [...]