FMC has recommended DOC decline a Manuka Point Station application to change a public access outcome of its tenure review. If granted, the [...]

Due to a smaller amount of nominations for the Executive Committee members FMC received this year, no election was required. We're pleased to [...]

Years after kauri dieback forced widespread closures, only a few Waitakere Ranges tracks are accessible to Aucklanders.

After years of advocacy, changes to health and safety legislation will help reopen outdoor spaces previously restricted by landowner liability concerns.

FMC is on the lookout for a capable volunteer to help manage our finances. FMC finances are relatively simple and the time commitment [...]

FMC has contributed to discussion about afforestation of, and native regeneration on, Crown-owned land, initiated by the Ministry for Primary Industries. Key points [...]

DOC publishes a Long-term Insights Briefing three-yearly to inform the public on trends, risks, and opportunities, and to provide impartial analysis and policy [...]

In November 2024, the Government released a discussion document seeking public feedback on proposed changes to conservation planning and management. The focus is [...]

Do you care deeply about protecting the wild places we all love and enhancing outdoor recreation opportunities? Do you have skills in policy, [...]

If you draw a line from Hokitika to Timaru, nearly everything south of it makes up about a third of New Zealand’s land—the [...]

Whakapapa Holdings 2024 Limited has applied for a concession to operate the Whakapapa Ski Area on Mt Ruapehu for the next ten years. In [...]

FMC has written a submission to the proposed Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill. Our submission focuses on areas related to the negative effects [...]

As the year is nearing an end, we thought to look at the year behind us and see what we've done well. Here [...]

In early December, FMC wrote a submission on DOC's changes to bivvy and basic hut charges, changes to camping prices and adding huts to the [...]

Te Tai Poutini, the West Coast, is a raw and untamed gem of Aotearoa’s natural beauty, with over 80% of its land and [...]

FMC recently made a submission on LINZ’s proposed Long-term Insights Briefing: ‘Pathways to resilience: Future-proofing Crown land stewardship’. Toitū Te Whenua Land Information [...]

FMC has recently submitted on the draft Te Hiku o Te-Ika-a-Māui Conservation Management Strategy. One of the main issues we touched on in [...]

The Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) support conservation law reform, but would reject proposals that could restrict New Zealanders' access to their own special [...]

Along with the Aotearoa Climbing Access Trust (ACAT), FMC led and greatly contributed to the writing of the joint submission to the Ministry [...]

FMC is appalled that discredited projects that were dead in the water have now been resurrected by the Fast-track Approvals Bill.“It is outrageous that [...]

After more than 10 years of actively protecting Griffin Creek’s recreational and natural values, FMC took our advocacy to the Court of Appeal [...]