News from FMC
International tourism is a principal national export industry. As the pressure on Aoteraoa New Zealand's nature, conservation land and its infrastructure is increasing, we need to carefully consider how [...]
Due to a smaller amount of nominations for the executive board members FMC received this year, no election was required. Mick Abbott, Allan Brent, Jan Finlayson, Raymond Ford, Stu [...]
FMC is launching a Griffin Creek fundraising campaign to help with the costs of an ongoing court case. For a few years now, FMC has been fighting a legal [...]
“FMC strongly opposes the Fast-track Approvals Bill and would like to see it withdrawn,” says FMC’s president Megan Dimozantos. “We believe the bill is undemocratic and harmful to the environment, [...]
It is that time of the year again when we ask all our member clubs to think about nominating a member of their club to join the FMC Executive Board. [...]
‘We must closely guard the welfare of our national parks and reserves. These should not be regarded as the property of our minister or the government. They belong to [...]
The Matangi station, a private property with wonderful recreational opportunities, is a tussock-cloaked landscape jewel located close to Alexandra, Central Otago. The station has recently been put up on [...]
Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) is taking the next step to protect Griffin Creek, a unique West Coast river, from excessive and unnecessary use by the proposed hydro scheme. Griffin Creek [...]
The Department of Conservation has announced that plans to roll out heat detectors to all backcountry huts with six or more bunks have been paused pending further work on legislative [...]
FMC has written a submission on the Rakitata (Rangitata) River revival strategy developed by Department of Conservation. The submission makes recommendations on relevant high-level issues applying to the whole river, [...]
